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TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.13

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Committee on Agriculture

Special Session Sub-Committee on Cotton

COTTON

BACKGROUND PAPER BY THE SECRETARIAT1

Revision

1. The Ministerial Decision on Cotton of 7 December 2013 (document WT/MIN(13)/41 – WT/L/916) adopted by Ministers at the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali states, inter alia that:

"5. In this context, we therefore undertake to enhance transparency and monitoring in relation to the trade-related aspects of cotton. To this end, we agree to hold a dedicated discussion on a bi-annual basis in the context of the Committee on Agriculture in Special Session to examine relevant trade-related developments across the three pillars of Market Access, Domestic Support and Export Competition in relation to cotton.

6. The dedicated discussions shall be undertaken on the basis of factual information and

data compiled by the WTO Secretariat from Members' notifications, complemented, as appropriate, by relevant information provided by Members to the WTO Secretariat. 7. The dedicated discussions shall in particular consider all forms of export subsidies for cotton and all export measures with equivalent effect, domestic support for cotton and tariff measures and non-tariff measures applied to cotton exports from LDCs in markets of interest

to them."

2. As a result, four Dedicated Discussions on Cotton were held in 2014 and 2015.2

3. The Ministerial Decision on Cotton of 19 December 2015 (document WT/MIN(15)/46 –WT/L/981) adopted by Ministers at the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi states, inter alia that:

"14. We undertake to continue holding Dedicated Discussions on Cotton on a bi-annual basis, as indicated in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of the Bali Ministerial Decision on Cotton

(WT/MIN(13)/41 – WT/L/916), including in particular to examine relevant trade-related developments across the three pillars of Market Access, Domestic Support, and Export Competition in relation to cotton. 15. We undertake to regularly monitor the implementation by Members of paragraphs 2 to 4 during these Dedicated Discussions on Cotton, based on relevant Members' notifications to the WTO, complemented as necessary by Members' replies to specific requests for information

from the WTO Secretariat."

1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice

to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO. It has been prepared for information only and is not intended to provide any authoritative or official legal interpretation of the provisions of the WTO Agreements in general on in relation to any measure listed in this document.

2 June and November 2014, and July and November 2015.

TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.13 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.13

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4. The Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Cotton also states that:

"6. The Dedicated Discussions on Cotton referred to in paragraph 14 of this Decision shall continue to address the following specific elements, based on factual information and data compiled by the WTO Secretariat from Members' notifications, complemented, as appropriate, by relevant information provided by Members to the WTO Secretariat:

(a) identification and examination of market access barriers, including tariff and non-tariff barriers for the entry of cotton produced and exported by cotton-producing LDCs;

(b) reviews of market access improvements and of any market access measures undertaken

by Members, including the identification of access barriers to cotton produced and exported by cotton-producing LDCs in markets of interest to them; and

(c) examination of possible additional measures for progressive and predictable improvements in market access, in particular the elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers to cotton produced and exported by cotton-producing LDCs."

5. The 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Dedicated Discussions on Cotton

were held on 1 July and 23 November 2016, 24 July and 17 November 2017, 19 June and

28 November 2018, 4 June and 20 November 2019 and 30 July 2020, respectively.

6. As requested by the Nairobi Ministerial Decision and based on the approach resulting from the Bali Ministerial Decision, the WTO Secretariat has prepared, in advance of the 14th Dedicated Discussion on Cotton, a revised compilation of factual information and data available from Members' notifications and other submissions, on Market Access, Domestic Support and Export Competition in relation to cotton, received up to 16 October 2020.

7. Further to Members' requests at the second dedicated discussion, this revised background paper

also includes: (i) Members' responses to the questionnaire on cotton policy developments circulated on 21 September 2020; and (ii) relevant information on cotton markets and policies from Trade Policy Review reports circulated up to 16 October 2020, for the 32 Members identified in paragraphs 12 and 13 of this paper.3

8. The paper is organized in three parts, namely:

• Export Subsidies4;

• Domestic Support; and • Market Access.

9. The factual information and data contained in this paper have been compiled from:

• Members' schedules and notifications in the Market Access (MA), Domestic Support (DS) and Export Subsidies (ES) series under the Committee on Agriculture;

• Tariff data available in the WTO Integrated Database (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff Schedules Database (CTS); as well as

• Non-tariff measures available in the WTO Integrated Trade Intelligence Portal (I-TIP) Goods Database.

10. The specific sources of information for each of the areas covered are described under the relevant parts of the paper.

3 This information is presented in Annexes 4 and 5. 4 With regards to the disciplines and commitments contained in the Ministerial Decision on Export

Competition (WT/MIN(15)/45 – WT/L/980 adopted on 19 December 2015), referred to in paragraph 9 of the Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Cotton, Members can also refer to the Secretariat background paper on export subsidies, export credits and export credit guarantees or insurance programmes, international food aid, and agricultural exporting STEs (document G/AG/W/125/Rev.13 and its four addenda, dated 26 October 2020).


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11. With regards to Export Subsidies and Domestic Support (Part one and two of the paper), factual information and data were collected for all WTO Members with relevant commitments or who have reported measures benefitting cotton in their relevant notifications.

12. With regards to Market Access (Part three of the paper), and based on previous practice, the list of markets of interest to LDCs was established by collecting market access data for WTO Members that are either: (i) classified as developed economies for the purpose of the

WTO Secretariat note on the "Participation of Developing Economies in the Global Trading System"5; (ii) amongst the top 20 cotton importing countries in quantity for the period 2010-2012; or (iii) amongst the top 20 cotton importing countries in quantity from LDCs for the period 2010-2012.6

13. As a result, market access data are provided, in accordance with the Bali and Nairobi Ministerial

Decisions on Cotton, for the following 32 Members:7 Australia; Bahrain, Kingdom of;

Bangladesh; Brazil; Canada; China; Colombia; Egypt; the European Union; Hong Kong, China; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Japan; Kenya; Korea, Republic of; Malaysia; Mauritius; Mexico; Morocco; New Zealand; Norway; Pakistan; Peru; Russian Federation; South Africa; Switzerland; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; Turkey; the United States and Viet Nam.

14. Unless otherwise indicated, the term "cotton" in this paper refers to the products covered by the Harmonized System nomenclature (HS) headings 52.01, 52.02 and 52.03.

15. The Annexes to this document, including Members' replies to the questionnaire on

cotton-related policy developments (Annex 4) and information on cotton markets and policies from the trade policy review mechanism (Annex 5), are contained in an addendum (TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.13/Add.1 – TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.13/Add.1).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 EXPORT SUBSIDIES.................................................................................................... 5

1.1 EXPORT SUBSIDY COMMITMENTS ................................................................................ 5

1.1.1 Bound export subsidy commitments for cotton ............................................................ 6

1.2 NOTIFIED EXPORT SUBSIDIES ..................................................................................... 7

1.2.1 Notified budgetary outlays and quantities for cotton (Table ES:1) .................................. 8

1.2.2 Notified budgetary outlays and quantities for cotton (Supporting Table ES:2) ................ 10

2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT ................................................................................................ 14

2.1 PRODUCT SPECIFIC AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT ...................................... 14

2.1.1 Product-specific AMS notified for cotton .................................................................... 15

2.1.2 Direct Payments in Accordance with Article 6.5 .......................................................... 28

3 MARKET ACCESS ....................................................................................................... 30

3.1 TARIFFS .................................................................................................................. 34

3.2 SPECIAL SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 46

3.2.1 Scheduled SSG provisions for cotton ........................................................................ 47

3.2.2 Notified trigger prices for cotton .............................................................................. 47

5 Document WT/COMTD/W/251, Appendix 8 with the European Union counted as one and Switzerland

and Liechtenstein also counted as one. 6 The top 20 cotton importing countries were identified using COMTRADE data processed by the

WTO Secretariat, and supplemented by data from the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC). 7 In the absence of significant change in the list of Members when using the period 2016-2018, the list

used in document TN/AG/GEN/34 has been kept unchanged for the sake of comparability. The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union as of 1 February 2020. The European Union and the United Kingdom have communicated that, during the transition period, which ends on 31 December 2020, Union law, with a few limited exceptions, continues to be applicable to and in the United Kingdom.


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3.2.3 Invoked price-based SSG for cotton ......................................................................... 48

3.3 TARIFF RATE QUOTAS ............................................................................................... 48

3.3.1 Tariff rate quota commitments for cotton .................................................................. 48

3.3.2 Most recent Tariff Rate Quota administration method notified for cotton ....................... 50

3.3.3 TRQ quantities and in-quota imports for cotton.......................................................... 52

3.4 OTHER NON-TARIFF MEASURES ................................................................................. 60

TABLE OF CHARTS

Chart 1.1: Brazil .............................................................................................................. 11

Chart 1.2: Colombia ......................................................................................................... 11

Chart 1.3: Israel .............................................................................................................. 12

Chart 1.4: South Africa ..................................................................................................... 12

Chart 1.5: United States ................................................................................................... 13

Chart 1.6: India ............................................................................................................... 13

Chart 2.1: Argentina ........................................................................................................ 21

Chart 2.2: Brazil .............................................................................................................. 21

Chart 2.3: China .............................................................................................................. 22

Chart 2.4: Colombia ......................................................................................................... 22

Chart 2.5: European Union ................................................................................................ 23

Chart 2.6: India ............................................................................................................... 23

Chart 2.7: Israel .............................................................................................................. 24

Chart 2.8: Mexico ............................................................................................................ 24

Chart 2.9: Peru ................................................................................................................ 25

Chart 2.10: Russian Federation .......................................................................................... 25

Chart 2.11: South Africa ................................................................................................... 26

Chart 2.12: Turkey........................................................................................................... 26

Chart 2.13: United States ................................................................................................. 27

Chart 2.14: Viet Nam ....................................................................................................... 27

Chart 2.15: European Union .............................................................................................. 29

Chart 2.16: United States ................................................................................................. 30

Chart 3.1: Total imports of cotton from World and LDCs, 2009-2019, value ............................ 30

Chart 3.2: Total imports of cotton from World and LDCs, 2009-2019, quantity ........................ 31

Chart 3.3: Number of scheduled TRQs for cotton by Member ................................................. 50

Chart 3.4: China (CHNQ010) ............................................................................................. 56

Chart 3.5: Colombia (COLQ067) ........................................................................................ 56

Chart 3.6: South Africa (ZAFQ053) .................................................................................... 57

Chart 3.7: United States (USAQ049) .................................................................................. 57



Chart 3.10: United States (USAQ052) ................................................................................ 59



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Chart 3.13: Number of other non-tariff measures applicable to cotton, per type of measure (1 January 2012 to 16 October 2020) ................................................................................. 61

1 EXPORT SUBSIDIES

1.1. Part One provides information on the use of export subsidies for cotton by Members. It is divided into two sections:

• Section 1.1 provides information on export subsidy reduction commitments, both in terms of budgetary outlay and quantity; and

• Section 1.2 provides information on notified export subsidy budgetary outlays and

quantities.

1.2. As noted earlier, with regards to the disciplines and commitments contained in the Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Export Competition (WT/MIN(15)/45 – WT/L/980 adopted on

19 December 2015) referred to in paragraph 9 of the Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Cotton, Members can also refer to the Secretariat background paper on export subsidies, export credits and export credit guarantees or insurance programmes, international food aid, and agricultural exporting STEs (document G/AG/W/125/Rev.13, G/AG/W/125/Rev.13/Add.1, G/AG/W/125/Rev.13/Add.2, G/AG/W/125/Rev.13/Add.3 and G/AG/W/125/Rev.13/Add.4, dated 26 October 2020). It can be noted in that regard that: (i) China's latest available information continues to indicate the existence of four agricultural exporting State Trading Enterprises for cotton;

and (ii) the United States and Japan, respectively, identified in their latest replies cotton or HS 5202-5203 in the list of products covered by their export financing programmes.

1.1 EXPORT SUBSIDY COMMITMENTS

1.3. This section lists export subsidy reduction commitments for cotton by Member and by implementation year8, as specified in Members' schedules. The tables show, for each Member concerned, the annual and final bound export subsidy budgetary outlay and quantity commitments. The following column headings are used:

XSID The number identifying export subsidy commitments for each Member in the CTS, in the same sequential order as scheduled. The seven-character code is comprised of the three-letter WTO Member code, followed by "X" for "export subsidy", followed by the three-digit sequential identifier;

Product The product or group of products as specified in the Member's schedule9;

Tariff Line(s) The tariff item number(s) as specified in the Member's schedule reproduced in the CTS using the HS 2002 nomenclature; and

1995… Budgetary outlay and quantity commitments for each implementation year. 1.4. For each Member, the currency/quantity unit and the type of year (i.e. calendar, financial, fiscal

or marketing year) are indicated as specified in that Member's schedule.

8 Throughout this paper, the term "implementation year" refers to the relevant calendar, financial, fiscal

or marketing year as specified by individual Members. 9 In original language only.

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1.1.1 Bound export subsidy commitments for cotton10

BRAZIL

Budgetary outlays commitments in USD

XSID Product Tariff Line(s) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 BRAX013 Cotton 520100 208,534.1 203,406.2 198,278.3 193,150.4 188,022.6 182,894.7 177,766.8 172,638.9 167,511.0 162,383.1

Quantity commitments in tonnes

XSID Product Tariff Line(s) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 BRAX013 Cotton 520100 3,670.9 3,618.8 3,566.6 3,514.5 3,462.4 3,410.3 3,358.1 3,306.0 3,253.9 3,201.8

COLOMBIA

Budgetary outlays commitments in USD

XSID Product Tariff Line(s)

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2017

COLX018 ALGODON 5201, 5202, 5203

71,394,099 71,394,099 69,438,096 67,482,094 65,526,091 63,570,088 61,614,085 59,658,083 57,702,080 55,746,077 0

Quantity commitments in tonnes

XSID Product Tariff Line(s) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2017 COLX018 ALGODON 5201, 5202,

5203 38,588 38,588 37,978 37,368 36,759 36,149 35,539 34,929 34,320 33,710 0

ISRAEL

Budgetary outlays commitments in thousand USD

XSID Product Tariff Line(s) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2017 ISRX006 Cotton

9,410 9,179 8,948 8,716 8,485 8,253 8,022 7,791 7,559 7,328 0

Quantity commitments in thousand tonnes

XSID Product Tariff Line(s) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2017 ISRX006 Cotton

47.1 46.4 45.8 45.1 44.4 43.8 43.1 42.4 41.8 41.1 0

10 Further to the Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Export Competition of 19 December 2015 (document WT/MIN(15)/45 – WT/L/980), Colombia, Israel and South Africa

certified their revised export subsidies as of 22 September, 11 March and 10 October 2018, respectively, and their entitlements to cotton export subsidies have been eliminated. Brazil is still carrying out necessary internal steps prior to the circulation of its revised draft schedule as of 16 October 2020.

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SOUTH AFRICA

Budgetary outlays commitments in rand (calendar year)

XSID Product Tariff Line(s) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2017 ZAFX062 Cotton 5201, 5202, 5203 4,157,081 3,891,736 3,626,390 3,361,045 3,095,699 2,830,353 0

Quantity commitments in tonne equivalent (calendar year)

XSID Product Tariff Line(s) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2017 ZAFX062 Cotton 5201, 5202, 5203 4,600 4,433 4,266 4,100 3,933 3,766 0

1.2 NOTIFIED EXPORT SUBSIDIES

1.5. This section lists export subsidies for cotton notified by Members in Table ES:1 as well as export subsidies for cotton notified in Supporting Tables ES:2 by

developing country Members who have taken recourse to Article 9.4 of the Agreement on Agriculture. This section includes notifications circulated by the Secretariat up to 16 October 2020.

1.6. The following column headings are used:

XSID The number identifying export subsidy commitments for each Member in the CTS, in the same sequential order as scheduled. The seven-character code is comprised of the three-letter WTO Member code, followed by "X" for "export subsidy", and by the three-digit sequential identifier. A blank indicates that no export subsidy reduction commitments are scheduled for the product in question;

Product The product or group of products as specified in the Member's schedule11 or in the Member's notification; and 1995… The notified budgetary outlay or quantity for each implementation year from 1995 up to the latest implementation year as indicated in the Member's

most recent Table ES:1 notification or the last year for which the Member had an export subsidy reduction commitment for cotton in its schedule. A blank indicates that no notification has been received for the year in question or that, for Members without scheduled export subsidy commitments for cotton, the notification does not mention cotton.

1.7. For each Member, the currency/quantity unit and the type of year (i.e. calendar, financial, fiscal or marketing year) are indicated as specified in that Member's schedule or in the Member's notification.

11 In original language only.

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1.2.1 Notified budgetary outlays and quantities for cotton (Table ES:1)

BRAZIL

Notified budgetary outlays in USD (calendar year)

XSID Product 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 BRAX013 Cotton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

XSID Product 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

BRAX013 Cotton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Notified quantities in tonnes (calendar year)

XSID Product 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 BRAX013 Cotton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

XSID Product 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

BRAX013 Cotton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

COLOMBIA

Notified budgetary outlays in thousand USD (calendar year)

XSID Product 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 COLX018 ALGODON 0.211 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

XSID Product 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

COLX018 ALGODON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


XSID Product 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 COLX018 ALGODON 0.72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

XSID Product 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

COLX018 ALGODON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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ISRAEL

Notified budgetary outlays in thousand USD (marketing year, 1 October-30 September)

XSID Product 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ISRX006 Cotton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8862 0 0 0 0

XSID Product 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

ISRX006 Cotton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Notified quantities in thousand tonnes (marketing year, 1 October-30 September)

XSID Product 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ISRX006 Cotton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0

XSID Product 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

ISRX006 Cotton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SOUTH AFRICA

Notified budgetary outlays in rand (calendar year)

XSID Product 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ZAFX062 Cotton 5,6541 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


XSID Product 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 ZAFX062 Cotton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

UNITED STATES

Notified budgetary outlays in thousand USD (fiscal year beginning 1 October-30 September)

XSID Product 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Upland Cotton3

203,595.41 276,500.01 266,943.51

XSID Product 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Upland Cotton3 9,353.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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UNITED STATES

Notified quantities in thousand tonnes (1 July-30 June)

XSID Product 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Upland Cotton3

2,357.4 2,412.6 3,641.5 1,291.8

XSID Product 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Upland Cotton3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 Direct export subsidies (as indicated in Supporting Table ES:1). 2 Producer financed subsidies (as indicated in Supporting Table ES:1). 3 For US notifications covering the implementation years 2003-2005, the following footnote was included: "The panel and Appellate Body reports in the dispute

United States – Subsidies on Upland Cotton (DS267) found that certain payments to exporters under the Upland Cotton Domestic Marketing Certificate Program constituted export subsidies within the meaning of the Agreement on Agriculture. On 8 February 2006, the United States enacted legislation to repeal the programme at the end of the 2005 marketing year (i.e., 31 July 2006). Quantity and budgetary data are based on when payments were made." For US notifications covering the implementation years 2006-2013, the following footnote was included: "The panel and Appellate Body reports in the dispute United States – Subsidies on Upland Cotton (DS267) found that certain payments to exporters under the Upland Cotton Domestic Marketing Certificate Program constituted export subsidies within the meaning of the Agreement on Agriculture. On 8 February 2006, the United States enacted legislation to repeal the program at the end of the 2005 marketing year (i.e., 31 July 2006). All cotton under the program was shipped by 31 July 2006; quantity and budgetary data are based on when payments were made."

1.2.2 Notified budgetary outlays and quantities for cotton (Supporting Table ES:2)

INDIA

Notified budgetary outlays in million USD (marketing year)

XSID Product 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Raw cotton (Full pressed bales)

0.0891 1.211

Notified quantities in tonnes (marketing year)

XSID Product 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Raw cotton (Full pressed bales)

2,542 40,392

1 International Air Freight Assistance in terms of Article 9.1(d) (as indicated in the footnote in India's Supporting Table ES:2 for implementation years 2004 and 2005).


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Charts on scheduled and notified export subsidy budgetary outlays and quantities12

1.8. Based on the information presented in sections 1.1 and 1.2 above, the charts in this section show, by Member and by year, the export subsidy budgetary outlays and quantities notified in

Table ES:1 and Supporting Tables ES:2, and the corresponding commitment levels where they exist.

1.9. In all charts, export subsidy budgetary outlays notified and budgetary outlay commitments are plotted on the left axis and export subsidy quantities notified and quantity commitments are plotted on the right axis.

Chart 1.1: Brazil

Chart 1.2: Colombia

12 Chart 34 of the Secretariat background document G/AG/W/125/Rev.13 shows the sum of the export

subsidy budgetary outlays notified (Table ES:1) and scheduled by all Members for cotton, for the period 1995-2015.

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Chart 1.3: Israel

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Chart 1.5: United States

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2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT

2.1. Part Two provides information on the use of domestic support measures in favour of cotton based on Table DS:1 notifications circulated by the Secretariat up to 16 October 2020. It is divided into two sections:

• Section 2.1 provides information on product-specific Aggregate Measurement of Support13 as notified in Supporting Tables DS:4 to DS:8. The section also includes, further to

Members' requests at the third dedicated discussion, a table which provides, for each Member listed in Section 2.1, the level of product-specific AMS for cotton, together with the current Total AMS and the value of production for cotton (if available) for the most recent available year of notification; and

• Section 2.2 provides information on direct payments in accordance with Article 6.5 as notified in Supporting Table DS:3.

2.1 PRODUCT SPECIFIC AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT

2.2. This section details the level of product-specific AMS for cotton by Member and by implementation year.

2.3. The levels of the various domestic support categories that compose the product-specific support for cotton used in the AMS calculation are also listed. The different categories are the following:

• market price support (Supporting Table DS:5);

• non-exempt direct payments (Supporting Table DS:6);

• other product-specific support (Supporting Table DS:7); and • product-specific support calculated using the Equivalent Measurement of Support (EMS)

methodology (Supporting Table DS:8).

2.4. For each Member, the implementation years are those indicated in the Member's Table DS:1 notifications, and the notified currency unit is indicated in brackets.

Symbols used

Product-specific AMS figures in italic and underlined represent support notified as de minimis. A blank indicates the absence of a notification for the year in question. "0" indicates that the Member notified zero support or that the Member has not notified any support

for the support category concerned.

Figures in brackets represent negative support.

13 Also referred to as product-specific AMS. Throughout this paper, this term also includes the

product-specific Equivalent Measurement of Support calculated according to Annex 4 of the Agreement on Agriculture.

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2.1.1 Product-specific AMS notified for cotton14

Argentina15

(1992 Pesos) 2015 2016 2017

Market price support 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 Other product-specific support 16,869,511 10,419,078 9,590,300 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 16,869,511 10,419,078 9,590,300

Brazil

(Thousand USD) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Market price support 33,860.69 40.9 6.1 9,893.1 (4,873.8) (4,884.1) (20,445.5) (350.5) 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other product-specific support 12,585.78 12,710.4 10,278.2 45,531.0 35,080.3 55,307.7 52,105.9 27,731.4 18,073.9 27,427.5 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 46,446.47 12,751.3 10,284.3 55,424.1 35,080.3 55,307.7 52,105.9 27,731.4 18,073.9 27,427.5

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011-2013 20141 20151 20161 20171 20181

Market price support 0 315.8 186.0 259.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 0 39,108.4 341,621.9 324,868.2 0 269,018.9 0 0 62,716.8 0 0 0 Other product-specific support 44,324.6 43,287.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 44,324.6 82,711.7 341,807.9 325,128.0 0 269,018.9 0 0 62,716.8 0 0 0

1 In Brazil's notification for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, the following note was included in Supporting Table 7 - Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS: "The following products may be supported by non-exempt support programmes, according to the available funds and the market price: barley, Brazilian wax, canola, cashew nut, cassava, cassava flour, cassava starch, castor beans, coffee, cotton, cottonseed, edible beans, ethanol, garlic, grapes, guarana, jute, maize, malva, milk, oat, orange, peanuts, rice, silk cocoon, sisal, sorghum, soybeans, sugar cane, sunflower, triticale and wheat. If the product is not listed in this table, it means the product received no support during the crop-year. Some products have the right to be supported only on specific States or Regions."

14 For implementation years 1995-1999, Pakistan maintained a positive applied administered price for "seed cotton", but Market Price Support was calculated as zero

because there was no eligible production. 15 Argentina did not notify any cotton-specific support in Supporting Tables 4-9 prior to implementation year 2015 (agricultural year 1 December 2014 to

30 November 2015).

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China

(Million RMB) 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other product-specific support 2,8541 3,5031 1,7901 1,205.62 1,0342 973.912 1,100.393 880.353 4,099.453 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 2,854 3,503 1,790 1,205.6 1,034 973.91 1,100.39 880.35 4,099.45

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Market price support 0 0 0 16,8484 38,5024 38,2694 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 28,735 28,064 15,421 Other product-specific support 2,766.733 5,0073 2,9773 1,9725 2,1075 2,1715 2,4775 2,4645 1,4235 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 2,766.73 5,007 2,977 18,8206 40,6096 40,4406 31,2126 30,5286 16,8446

1 The following footnote was included in China's notification covering implementation years 1999-2001: "From the year 1999, cotton purchase in China became market oriented and the State Procurement Pricing for Cotton did not work any longer. Therefore, there was no price support in this reporting period. The product-specific de minimis supports to cotton were primarily provided through interest subsidies for national cotton stockholdings."

2 The following footnote was included in China's notification covering implementation years 2002-2004: "Support to cotton include interest subsidy for national stock cotton".

3 The following footnote was included in China's notification covering implementation years 2005-2010: "Support to cotton includes subsidy for improved crop strains and

seeds, subsidy for reserve cost, cost subsidy for transporting cotton out of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region". 4 The following footnote was included in China's notification covering implementation years 2011-2014: "Temporary Reserve programme for cotton was terminated in

2014." 5 The following footnote was included in China's notification covering implementation years 2011-2016: "Subsidy for improved crop strains and seeds, and cost subsidy for

transporting cotton out of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region." 6 The following footnote relevant to cotton was included in China's notification covering implementation years 2011-2016: "Support measures for cotton were terminated".

Colombia

(Thousand USD) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 2,980 289.2 1,002.6 757 2,306.5 1,115 2,899 8,983.5 20.5 10,445.4 30,595 Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 2,980 289.2 1,002.6 757 2,306.5 1,115 2,899 8,983.5 20.5 10,445.4 30,595

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 18,091 24,775 17,755 25,261 25,592 5,354 31,731 20,210 19,993 11,488 2,924 Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 18,091 24,775 17,755 25,261 25,592 5,354 31,731 20,210 19,993 11,488 2,924

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European Union

(Million EUR) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Non-exempt direct payments 22.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 777.7 772.7 809.4 715.2 623.7 795 575.1 731.3 769.4 725.4 739.5 0 Product-specific AMS 800.4 772.7 809.4 715.2 623.7 795 575.1 731.3 769.4 725.4 739.5 0

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

India

(Million USD) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Market price support (2,106) 0 0 (64.79) (72.45) (91.46) (147.3) (94.01) (140.62) (150.28)1 (68.99)1 (49.39)1 Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS (2,106) 0 0 (64.79) (72.45) (91.46) (147.3) (94.01) (140.62) (150.28) (68.99) (49.39)

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Market price support (6.64)1 243.141 6.951 0 0.271 143.761 1.411 305.091 17.971 0 14.831 261.411

Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Product-specific AMS (6.64) 243.14 6.95 0 0.27 143.76 1.41 305.09 17.97 0 14.83 261.41

1 The following footnote was included in India's notification covering implementation years 2004-2015 and 2017-2018: "Applied administered price is procurement price for lint cotton. A co-efficient of 2.35 has been used for conversion from seed cotton".

Israel

(Thousand USD) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 0 0 4,713 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 0 0 0 0 0 4,713 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Israel (cont'd)

(Thousand USD) 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0

Mexico

(Million 1991 MXN) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 71.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 42.1 0.6 71.1 127.8 59.4 Other product-specific support 0 2.2 3.4 9 5.8 2.1 1.4 23 23.5 7.9 7.4 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 71.01 2.2 3.4 9 5.8 2.1 1.4 65.2 24.1 79 135.2 59.4

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 104.8 42.114 102.597 0.01 0 0 0 0 15.83 0.27 0 0 Other product-specific support 31 0 24.608 34.95 50.13 25.31 19.6 20.87 14.33 20.34 6.85 23.53 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 135.8 42.114 127.205 34.96 50.13 25.31 19.6 20.87 30.16 20.6 6.85 23.53

Peru

(Million USD) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Market price support 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0

0 0 0 6.2 5.4 7 7.9 6.9

Other product-specific support 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Product-specific AMS 0 0 0

0 0 0 6.2 5.4 7 7.9 6.9

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 6.2 5.8 0 0 5.9 6.9 5.3 0.006 0.0001 0 0 0 Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 6.2 5.8 0 0 5.9 6.9 5.3 0.006 0.0001 0 0 0

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Russian Federation

(USD Billion) 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0

Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 0 0 0.0007 Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 0 0 0 0 0 0.0007

South Africa

(Million ZAR) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Market price support 0 46.66 33.74 (4.81) (42.95) 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 4.2 46.66 33.74 (4.81) (42.95) 0 0 0 0 0

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Turkey

(USD) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85,725,917 107,867,259 145,642,951 Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85,725,917 107,867,259 145,642,951

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 248,260,719 303,045,398 484,910,000 275,683,031 225,792,753 225,139,422 354,094,577 46,5646,252 376,734,789 Other product-specific support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 248,260,719 303,045,398 484,910,000 275,683,031 225,792,753 225,139,422 354,094,577 46,5646,252 376,734,789

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United States

(Million USD) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Non-exempt direct payments 34.962 6.401 444.942 824.027 2,136.897 987.003 2,723.039 921.055 185.501 1,790.501 1,283.707 Other product-specific support (3.0) (3.0) 20.678 110.653 216.238 62.75 87.073 265.738 249.413 447.914 336.992 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 31.962 3.401 465.62 934.68 2,353.135 1,049.753 2,810.112 1,186.793 434.914 2,238.415 1,620.699

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 1,080.050 0.831 953.161 33.119 0 0.001 0 65.937 371.704 327.879 328 240.348 Other product-specific support 285.127 207.079 430.316 335.320 400.846 894.430 636.125 507.597 584.704 525.218 505.667 711.702 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 1,365.177 207.91 1,383.477 368.439 400.846 894.431 636.125 573.534 956.408 853.098 833.667 952.05

Viet Nam

(Billion VND) 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Market price support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-exempt direct payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other product-specific support 0.074 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific EMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Product-specific AMS 0.074 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Charts on product-specific AMS notified for cotton by category of support

Based on the information presented in section 2.1.1 above, the charts in this section show, by Member and by year, (i) the various levels for the domestic support categories that were included in the calculation of the product-specific AMS notified for cotton and (ii) the overall cotton AMS figure (italic and underlined figures represent support notified as de minimis; figures in brackets represent support notified as negative).

Chart 2.1: Argentina

Chart 2.2: Brazil

16,869,511

10,419,0789,590,300

0

2,000,000

4,000,000

6,000,000

8,000,000

10,000,000

12,000,000

14,000,000

16,000,000

18,000,000

2015 2016 2017

19

92

Pe

sos

Market price support Non-exempt direct payments Other product-specific support Product-specific EMS

46,446.47

12,75110,284

55,424

35,080

55,30852,106

27,73118,074

27,428

44,325

82,712

341,808325,128

0

269,019

0 0 0 0

62,716.80

0 0 0

-50,000

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018

Tho

usa

nd

US$



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Chart 2.3: China

Chart 2.4: Colombia

2,854 3,5031,7901,205.61,034973.91

1,100.39880.35

4,099.452,766.73

5,007

2,977

18,820

40,609 40,440

31,21230,528

16,844

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Mill

ion

RM

B


2,980

289.21,002.6757

2,306.51,115

2,899

8,983.5

20.5

10,445.4

30,595

18,091

24,775

17,755

25,26125,592

5,354

31,731

20,21019,993

11,488

2,924

0

4,000

8,000

12,000

16,000

20,000

24,000

28,000

32,000

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Tho

usa

nd

US$



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Chart 2.5: European Union

Chart 2.6: India

800.4772.7

809.4

715.2

623.7

795

575.1

731.3

769.4

725.4739.5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Mill

ion

EU

R


(2,106)

0 0

(64.79)

(72.45)

(91.46)

(147.3)

(94.01)

(140.62)

(150.28)

(68.99)

(49.39)(6.64)

243.14

6.95 0 0.27

143.76

1.41

305.09

17.97 0 14.83

261.41

-2,400

-2,150

-1,900

-1,650

-1,400

-1,150

-900

-650

-400

-150

100

350

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Mill

ion

US$



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Chart 2.7: Israel

Chart 2.8: Mexico

0 0 0 0 0

4,713

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

4,500

5,000

1995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019

Tho

usa

nd

US$


71.01

2.2 3.49

5.82.1 1.4

65.2

24.1

79

135.2

59.4

135.8

42.114

127.205

34.96

50.13

25.3119.620.87

30.16

20.6

6.85

23.53

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Mill

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Chart 2.9: Peru

Chart 2.10: Russian Federation

0 0 0 0 0 0

6.2

5.4

7

7.9

6.9

6.25.8

0 0

5.9

6.9

5.3

0.0060.0001 0 0 0

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Mill

ion

US$


0.0007

0

0.0001

0.0002

0.0003

0.0004

0.0005

0.0006

0.0007

0.0008

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

USD

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ion

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0 0 0 0 0


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Chart 2.11: South Africa

Chart 2.12: Turkey

4.2

46.66

33.74

(4.81)

(42.95)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

-50

-40

-30

-20

-10

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Mill

ion

Ran

d


0 0 0 0 0 0

85,725,917

107,867,259

145,642,951

248,260,719

303,045,398

484,910,000

275,683,031

225,792,753

225,139,422

354,094,577

465,646,252

376,734,789

0

100,000,000

200,000,000

300,000,000

400,000,000

500,000,000

600,000,000

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

USD


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Chart 2.14: Viet Nam

Overview of cotton product-specific support, current total AMS and value of production for cotton

2.5. Further to Members' requests at the third dedicated discussion, the following table shows, for each Member listed in Section 2.1 and for the most recent year of notification, the level of product-specific AMS for cotton, together with the current Total AMS and the value of production for cotton (if available). For ease of comparison, product-specific AMS for cotton are further expressed in US dollars. The following column headings are used:

31.9623.401

465.62

934.68

2,353.135

1,049.753

2,810.112

1,186.793

434.914

2,238.415

1,620.699

1,365.177

207.91

1,383.477

368.439400.846

894.431

636.125573.534

956.408

853.098

833.667

952.05

0

300

600

900

1,200

1,500

1,800

2,100

2,400

2,700

3,000

19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017

Mill

ion

US$


0.074

0 0 0 0 0 00

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.05

0.06

0.07

0.08

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

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Member Name of Member having notified product-specific support for cotton, as shown in Section 2.1.1;

Latest year notified The most recent year for which a domestic support notification is available for the Member concerned;

Notified Currency The currency used in the Member's notification; Cotton-specific AMS Product-specific support notified for cotton. Italic and underlined

figures represent support notified as de minimis;

Current Total AMS Sum of all product-specific and non-product-specific AMS as notified in Table DS:1 or Supporting Table DS:4. "De minimis" represents cases where all product-specific and non-product specific support are notified as de minimis. "0" indicates that the Member has not notified any product-specific or non-product specific support;

VoP-cotton Value of production data notified for cotton, if available;

Cotton-specific AMS in Product-specific support notified for cotton expressed in US dollars. USD Where data were provided in a currency other than USD, the conversion to USD was made using the exchange rates from the IMF's "International Financial Statistics". The IMF exchange rates are year averages for the relevant year of notification of each Member. Italic and underlined figures represent support notified as

de minimis.

Member

Latest

year

notified

Notified currency

Cotton-specific AMS

Current

Total

AMS

VoP-cotton

Cotton-specific

AMS

(Million USD)

Argentina 2017 1992 pesos de minimis

9,590,300

72,483,719 285,105,160 de minimis

0.14

Brazil 2018 Thousand USD 0 0

0

China 2016 Million RMB 16,844 81,357 79,010 2,610.38 Colombia 2016 Thousand USD de minimis

2,924

0 82,596 2.92

European

Union

2017 Million EUR 0 6,932.8 0

India 2018 Million USD de minimis

261.41

5,004.97 0

Israel 2019 Thousand USD 0 644,444 26,746 0

Mexico 2018 Million 1991

MXN

de minimis

23.53

120.27 1,525.87 de minimis

1.24 Peru 2018 Million USD 0 de minimis 0

Russian

Federation

2017 Billion USD 0.0007 0.055 0.0001 0.0007

South Africa 2014 Million rand 0 0 0

Turkey 2013 USD 376,734,789 400,721,589 2,677,144,737 376.73

United States 2017 Million USD 952.05 4,248.74 8134.46 952.05

Viet Nam 2013 Billion VND 0 de minimis

0

2.1.2 Direct Payments in Accordance with Article 6.5

2.6. This section details the levels of direct payments for cotton in accordance with Article 6.5 as notified in Supporting Table DS:3. Since 1995, two Members16 have notified this type of support for cotton: the European Union from implementation year 2006 onwards and the United States for 1995 only.

2.7. The notified currency unit is indicated in brackets in the title for both Members.

2.8. The information presented in each table is also presented as a chart showing the level of the direct payment notified by the Member concerned.

16 China notified in its Table DS:2 notification (G/AG/N/CHN/48, circulated on 14 December 2018) that a

new measure titled "Deepening the Target Price Policy Reform of Cotton" meeting the criteria of paragraph 5(b), Article 6 will be applied during 2017-2019.


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European Union

(Million EUR) Description of

Measure 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Payments based

on fixed area

and yields:

Cotton (Title IV, Chapter 10a of

R 1782/2003)1

254.5 247.5 216.9 221.7 247.3 245.8 242.3 231.8 244 243.9 233.8 243.7

1 As of 2009, the reference for the payment also includes Title IV, Chapter 1 of Regulation 73/2009.

United States

(Million USD) Description of Measure 1995

Payments based on 85% or less of base level of production: Deficiency payments for marketing year 1995 were only made on 85% of base acreage and program yields have been held constant.

901.022

Charts on direct payments for cotton in accordance with Article 6.5

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3 MARKET ACCESS

3.1. By way of an introduction to this Part on tariffs and non-tariff measures relevant to market access for cotton, the following overview charts show the evolution of total imports of cotton with a breakdown between imports from LDCs and from the rest of the world, in value and quantity, over the period 2009-2019.

Charts on market access (overview)1

Chart 3.1: Total imports of cotton from World and LDCs, 2009-2019, value

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Chart 3.2: Total imports of cotton from World and LDCs, 2009-2019, quantity

1 Sum of available reporters – Source UN Comtrade – HS codes 5201, 5202 and 5203.

3.2. The following overview tables show total imports of cotton and imports from LDCs, in value and quantity, for the 32 Members17 identified in paragraphs 12 and 13 of this paper. The last column

shows the percentage of imports originating from LDCs.

Table 3.1: Imports of cotton18 from World and LDCs, 201919 in value (USD Million)

World LDC Percentage of imports from

LDCs (%) Australia 0 0 0.6% Bahrain, Kingdom of1 32 7 21.9% Bangladesh2 2,254 167 7.4% Brazil 11 0 2.5% Canada 5 0 0.1%

China 3,570 273 7.7% Colombia 27 0 0.0% Egypt 237 83 34.9% European Union3 388 29 7.5% Hong Kong, China 2 0 0.0% Iceland 0 0 0.9% India 1,344 172 12.8% Indonesia 1,119 45 4.0% Japan 123 0 0.2% Kenya1 5 5 96.7% Korea, Republic of 271 0 0.0% Malaysia 303 11 3.7% Mauritius 52 27 53.0% Mexico 230 0 0.0% Morocco 12 1 4.8% New Zealand 2 0 0.0% Norway 1 0 1.1% Pakistan 711 85 11.9% Peru 96 0 0.0% Russian Federation 60 0 0.0% South Africa 27 17 63.1% Switzerland-Liechtenstein 11 0 0.0% Chinese Taipei 243 2 0.7% Thailand 377 33 8.8%

17 The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union as of 1 February 2020. The European Union

and the United Kingdom have communicated that, during the transition period, which ends on 31 December 2020, Union law, with a few limited exceptions, continues to be applicable to and in the United Kingdom.

18 HS codes 5201, 5202, 5203. 19 For those Members whose import statistics are not available for 2019, imports in previous years are

listed.

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LDCs (%) Turkey 1,597 54 3.4% United States 18 0 0.3% Viet Nam 2,453 28 1.1%

1 Imports of 2018. 2 Imports of 2015. 3 Sum of EU member States (as reported to Comtrade), extra-trade, including the United Kingdom.

Source: UN Comtrade database.

Table 3.2: Imports of cotton20 from World and LDCs, 201921 in quantity (metric tonnes)


LDCs (%) Australia 68 0 0.0% Bahrain, Kingdom of1 16,094 3,363 20.9% Bangladesh2 1,329,924 100,680 7.6% Brazil 2,122 652 30.7% Canada 7,336 0 0.0% China 1,848,852 152,418 8.2% Colombia3 34,597 1,552 4.5% Egypt 39,906 18,933 47.4% European Union4 232,607 17,686 7.6% Hong Kong, China5 18,694 1,372 7.3% Iceland 2 0 0.0% India 735,966 131,270 17.8% Indonesia 608,669 24,275 4.0% Japan 65,835 127 0.2% Kenya1 3,347 3,118 93.2% Korea, Republic of 1,262 0 0.0% Malaysia 219,702 30,199 13.7% Mauritius 28,469 15,204 53.4% Mexico 124,954 0 0.0% Morocco 6,142 309 5.0% New Zealand 138 0 0.0% Norway 31 1 3.7% Pakistan 406,073 63,845 15.7% Peru 47,844 0 0.0%

Russian Federation 29,147 124 0.4% South Africa 15,622 9,375 60.0% Switzerland-Liechtenstein 5,642 1 0.0% Chinese Taipei 166,356 1,048 0.6% Thailand 211,131 18,372 8.7% Turkey 961,443 30,799 3.2% United States 12,451 16 0.1% Viet Nam 1,386,600 17,042 1.2%

1 Imports of 2018. 2 Imports of 2015. 3 Imports of 2016. 4 Sum of EU member States (as reported to Comtrade), extra-trade, including the United Kingdom. 5 Imports of 2017.

Source: UN Comtrade database.

3.3. The following overview table22 show, for major cotton exporters, data on shares of export volumes in world exports. The statistics cover the period 2008 to 2018 and shows the world market

shares of the leading exporters for cotton.23 Exporters are ranked in descending order based on their exports in the most recent year for which data are available (i.e. 2018).

20 HS codes 5201, 5202, 5203. 21 For those Members whose import statistics are not available for 2019, imports in previous years are

listed. 22 Reproduced from the most recent revision of the Secretariat note on "Members' Participation in the

Normal Growth of World Trade in Agricultural Products – Article 18.5 of the Agreement on Agriculture", G/AG/W/32/Rev.18, dated 16 October 2019.

23 The statistics of the Uruguay Round base period for export subsidy reduction commitments, i.e. 1986-90, are included in the previous revisions of the G/AG/W/32 series.

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Table 3.3: Cotton, share of world exports (%)

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 World (thousand tonnes) 8,004 6,754 9,301 8,646 10,633 10,379 8,359 7,804 7,454 8,376 7,668 World (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 United States 38.3 38.5 32.4 32.5 26.3 27.3 26.5 31.3 33.6 39.2 47.1 India 17.1 11.1 23.8 22.2 18.6 23.7 18.9 16.6 12.6 12.4 15.9 Brazil 6.9 7.8 5.5 8.8 9.9 5.5 9.0 10.7 10.8 10.0 12.0 Australia 2.8 4.7 5.1 9.9 11.5 11.3 10.8 5.8 9.6 10.4 6.7 European Union 2.9 4.6 2.8 2.1 3.4 2.9 3.5 3.3 3.9 3.3 3.2 Burkina Faso 1.2 2.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 2.6 3.7 3.3 4.4 2.9 -

Benin 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.5 2.2 3.0 1.7 2.8 - Côte d'Ivoire 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.4 2.2 2.3 1.9 1.7 2.2 Turkey 1.4 1.3 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.9 1.4 2.0 Cameroon 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.2 - Mali 1.8 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.3 2.7 1.1 - Argentina 0.0 0.3 0.5 1.1 0.8 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.4 1.4 Mexico 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.1 Egypt 1.2 0.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 Turkmenistan 1.2 1.1 1.5 0.7 1.1 1.9 2.7 2.8 2.1 1.5 0.8 Pakistan 1.9 2.9 3.6 2.8 2.8 2.0 2.0 1.4 0.9 1.0 0.7 Azerbaijan 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 Malaysia 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.3 2.3 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.7 Kazakhstan 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 China 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.6 Zimbabwe 0.9 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 Zambia 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.4 Uganda 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 Indonesia 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 Kyrgyz Republic 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Notes: 1 The data are sourced from UN Comtrade (reported data, complemented by mirror data), Trade Data Monitor (TDM) and, in some cases, WTO estimates. Other sources

may produce different results in terms of absolute volumes and values as well as year-to-year changes of shares in world export volumes/values. This may be due to a variety of reasons, including differences with respect to product definition, reporting period (e.g. calendar year versus marketing year), conversion factors or the revision of data.

2 The trade data of the European Union (EU) as well as the aggregate exports (referred to as "world totals" in the tables) exclude intra-EU trade. The data for the EU refers to the EU-27 (2008-2013) and EU-28 (2014-2018). The country-specific and commodity-specific explanatory notes which are contained in the source data are not reproduced in this note.


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3.4. As explained at the beginning of this background paper, this Part on Market Access provides information on the cotton tariff levels and the use of various non-tariff measures for the 32 Members identified as per paragraphs 12 and 13. Part Three is divided into four sections:

• Section 3.1 lists bound and applied tariffs for cotton based on: (i) Members' schedules as reflected in the CTS database, and (ii) data on applied tariffs contained in the IDB database;

• Section 3.2 provides information on the special safeguard provisions for cotton based on Members' schedules and Table MA:3, MA:4 and MA:5 notifications;

• Section 3.3 provides information on cotton tariff rate quotas based on Members' schedules and Table MA:1 and MA:2 notifications; and

• Section 3.4 lists various other non-tariff measures, based on data contained in the WTO I-TIP Goods database and notifications under the Agreement on Import Licensing procedures.

3.5. Market access data for the relevant cotton-related products (other than cotton) included in the list annexed to the Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Cotton24 are available in the Addendum to this document (TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.13/Add.2), using the same methodology and presentation as in this Part.

3.1 TARIFFS

3.6. This section lists bound and applied duties for cotton for the 32 Members25 identified in paragraphs 12 and 13 of this paper.

3.7. The following first table shows the average and maximum bound and applied duties for the cotton product group26, as they appear in the World Tariff Profile 2019.27 The methodology used to calculate these average and maximum duties, in particular the averaging and the ad valorem

equivalent calculation, can be found in the World Tariff Profile 2019.

Table 3.4: Bound and Applied Tariff from World Tariff Profile 2019 for Cotton Product Group

Member Average Duty (%) Maximum Duty (%)

Bound Applied (2018) Bound Applied (2018) Australia 1.2 0 2 0 Bahrain, Kingdom of 35 5 35 5 Bangladesh 200 3.5 200 5 Brazil 55 6.4 55 8 Canada 0.8 0 8 0 China 22 18 40 40 Colombia 75.8 5 99 5 Egypt 5 4 5 5 European Union 0 0 0 0 Hong Kong, China 0 0 0 0 Iceland 2.2 0 11 0 India 110 26 150 30 Indonesia 37.4 4 40 5 Japan 0 0 0 0 Kenya 100 0 100 0 Korea, Republic of 2 0 2 0 Malaysia* 4 0 5 0 Mauritius 122 0 122 0 Mexico 39.4 0 45 0 Morocco* 22 2.5 34 2.5 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 Norway 0 0 0 0

Pakistan 13 7.8 25 11 Peru 30 2.4 30 6

24 Paragraph 4 of WT/MIN/(15)/46 – WT/L/981. 25 The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union as of 1 February 2020. The European Union

and the United Kingdom have communicated that during the transition period, which ends on 31 December 2020, EU law, with a few limited exceptions, continues to be applicable to and in the United Kingdom. During that transition period, the EU most-favoured nation (MFN) applied and preferential tariffs continue to be applicable in the United Kingdom. See WT/LET/1462 and WT/GC/206.

26 Corresponding to the Harmonized System nomenclature 2012 (HS 2012) headings 52.01 to 52.03. 27 https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/tariff_profiles19_e.pdf.

https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/tariff_profiles19_e.pdf


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Member Average Duty (%) Maximum Duty (%)

Bound Applied (2018) Bound Applied (2018) Russian Federation 0 0 0 0 South Africa 60 4.6 60 15 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 Thailand* 4.5 0 4.5 0 Turkey 10.9 0 12.6 0 United States 5 5 18.8 18.8 Viet Nam 14 6 20 10

* Applied tariff data are from 2017.

Bound and Applied Cotton Tariffs (most recent year available)

3.8. The series of tables below show, for each Member, scheduled bound cotton tariffs as reflected in the CTS database and the applied cotton tariffs as reported in the IDB database. The following column headings are used:

BOUND DUTIES: Bound duties presented according to the following column subheadings: Tariff line (HS year) The tariff item number(s) as specified in the Member's schedule

reproduced in the CTS file, using the HS nomenclature indicated in brackets;

Designation: The product description for the corresponding tariff heading,

subheading or line, as specified in the Member's schedule reproduced in the CTS file (in original language only);

Bound Duty: The level of duty for the corresponding tariff line, as specified in the Member's schedule reproduced in the CTS file; and

Other Duty and Charges: The level of other duties and charges (and related information) for

the corresponding tariff line, as and when specified in the Member's schedule reproduced in the CTS file.

APPLIED DUTIES: Applied duties (for the most recent year available as indicated in brackets), presented according to the following column subheadings: Tariff line (HS year) The tariff item number(s) as specified in the Member's IDB file, using the HS

nomenclature indicated in brackets;

MFN The level of applied MFN duty for the corresponding tariff line, as specified in the Member's IDB file; and

LDC Preferential The level of duty for the corresponding tariff line, as specified in the

Member's IDB file, applied in the context of a preferential regime for LDC imports. The absence of data in the column reflects either the absence of such a regime for that Member or the absence of information on such a

regime within the IDB.

Australia

Bound Duties Applied Duties

(Year 2020)

Tariff Line

(HS 2007) Designation

Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

520100 Cotton, not carded or combed 0% 52010000 0% 0%

5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock):

520210 - Yarn waste (including thread waste) 2% 52021000 0% 0%

52029 - Other:

520291 -- Garnetted stock 2% 52029100 0% 0%

520299 -- Other 2% 52029900 0% 0%

520300 Cotton, carded or combed 0% 52030000 0% 0%


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Bahrain, Kingdom of


(Year 2018)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

52010000 Cotton, not carded or combed 35%

52010000 5%

5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and

garnetted stock)

52021000 - Yarn waste (including thread waste) 35%

52021000 5%

52029 - Other:

52029100 -- Garnetted stock 35%

52029100 5%

52029900 -- Other 35%

52029900 5%

52030000 Cotton, carded or combed 35%

52030000 5%

Bangladesh


(Year 2018)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

520100 Cotton, not carded or combed 200% 2.5% 52010000 0%


garnetted stock)

520210 - Yarn waste (including thread waste) 200% 2.5% 52021000 5%

52029 - Other:

520291 -- Garnetted stock 200% 2.5% 52029100 5%

520299 -- Other 200% 2.5%

52029910¹ 0%

52029990² 5%

520300 Cotton, carded or combed 200% 2.5% 52030000 5%

1 Cotton waste. 2 Cotton waste, n.e.s.

Brazil


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

520100 Algodón sin cardar ni peinar

52010010 Sin desmotar 55%

52010010 6%

52010020 Simplemente desmotado 55%

52010020 6%

52010090 Los demás 55%

52010090 6%

5202 Desperdicios de algodón (incluidos los

desperdicios de hilados y las hilachas)

52021000 Desperdicios de hilados 55%

52021000 6%

52029 - Los demás:

52029100 Hilachas 55%

52029100 6%

52029900 Los demás 55%

52029900 6%

52030000 Algodón cardado o peinado 55%

52030000 8%

Canada

Bound Duties Applied Duties (Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential



garnetted stock)


52029 - Other:

52029100 -- Garnetted stock 0% 52029100 0% 0%

52029900 -- Other 0% 52029900 0% 0%

520300 Cotton, carded or combed 52030000 0% 0% 52030010 --- Slivers 0%

52030090 --- Other 8%


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China


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

5201 Cotton, not carded or combed

52010000 - Cotton, not carded or combed 40% 52010000 40% 40%


garnetted stock)

52021000 -Yarn waste (including thread waste) 10% 52021000 10% 0%

52029 - Other:

52029100 -- Garnetted stock 10% 52029100 10% 0%

52029900 -- Other 10% 52029900 10% 10%

5203 Cotton, carded or combed

52030000 - Cotton, carded or combed 40% 52030000 40% 40%

Colombia


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

5201000000 Algodón sin cardar ni peinar 99%

5201001000¹ 5%

5201002000² 5% 5201003000³ 5%

5201009000⁴ 5%



5202100000 - Desperdicios de hilados 70% 5202100000 5%

52029 - Los demás:

5202910000 -- Hilachas 70% 5202910000 5%

5202990000 -- Los demás 70% 5202990000 5%

5203000000 Algodón cardado o peinado 70% 5203000000 5%

1 De longitud de fibra superior a 34.92 mm (1 3/8 pulgada). 2 De longitud de fibra superior a 28.57 mm (1 1/8 pulgada) pero inferior o igual a 34.92 mm

(1 3/8 pulgada). 3 De longitud de fibra superior a 22.22 mm (7/8 pulgada) pero inferior o igual a 28.57 mm

(1 1/8 pulgada). 4 De longitud de fibra inferior o igual a 22.22 mm (7/8 pulgada).

Egypt


(Year 2019)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

52010000 Cotton, not carded or combed 5% 5201000010¹ 0%

5201000030² 0%

5201000033³ 0%

5201000034⁴ 0%

5201000035⁵ 0%

5201000036⁶ 0%

5201000037⁷ 0%

5201000038⁸ 0%

5201000039⁹ 0%

520100004110 0%

520100004211 0%

520100004312 0%

520100004413 0%

520100004514 0%

520100004615 0%

520100004716 0%

520100004817 0%

520100005018 0%

520100009019 0%

5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste

and garnetted stock)


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(Year 2019)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

52021000 - Yarn waste (including thread waste) 5% 5202100000 5%

52029 - Other:

52029100 -- Garnetted stock 5% 5202910000 5%

52029900 -- Other 5% 5202990000 5%

52030000 Cotton, carded or combed 5% 5203000000 5%

1 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 45 not carded or combed, not ginned. 2 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 31 not carded or combed, not ginned. 3 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 66 not carded or combed, not ginned. 4 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 67 not carded or combed, not ginned. 5 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 68 not carded or combed, not ginned. 6 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 69 not carded or combed, not ginned. 7 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 83 not carded or combed, not ginned. 8 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 84 not carded or combed, not ginned. 9 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 85 not carded or combed, not ginned. 10 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 76 not carded or combed, not ginned. 11 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 77 not carded or combed, not ginned. 12 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 80 not carded or combed, not ginned. 13 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 81 not carded or combed, not ginned. 14 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 82 not carded or combed, not ginned. 15 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 70 not carded or combed, not ginned. 16 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 72 not carded or combed, not ginned. 17 Raw cotton not mixed Giza 75 not carded or combed, not ginned. 18 Other cotton not carded or combed, not ginned. 19 Other cotton not carded or combed, ginned.

European Union


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

5201 Cotton, not carded or combed:

52010010 - Rendered absorbent or bleached 0%

52010010 0% 0%

52010090 - Other 0%

52010090 0% 0%


garnetted stock):


52021000 0% 0% 52029 - Other:


52029100 0% 0%

52029900 -- Other 0%

52029900 0% 0%


52030000 0% 0%

Hong Kong, China

Bound Duties Applied Duties (Year 2020)

Tariff Line (HS 2007)

Designation Bound Duty

Other Duties & Charges


MFN LDC

Preferential

52010000 Cotton, not carded or combed 0% 52010000 0%


garnetted stock).


52029 - Other:

52029100 -- Garnetted stock 0% 52029100 0%

52029900 -- Other 0% 52029900 0%


Iceland


(Year 2018)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential


52010000 - Cotton, not carded or combed 0%

52010000 0% 0% 5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and

garnetted stock)


52021000 0% 0%

52029 - Other:


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(Year 2018)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential


52029100 0% 0% 52029900 -- Other 0%

52029900 0% 0%


52030000 - Cotton, carded or combed 0%

52030000 0% 0%

India


(Year 2019)





MFN LDC

Preferential


52010011¹ 25%

52010012² 25%

52010013³ 25%

52010014⁴ 25%

52010015⁵ 25%

52010019⁶ 25%

52010020⁷ 25%

5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)


52029 - Other:

52029100 -- Garnetted stock 100% 52029100 25%

52029900 -- Other 100% 52029900 25%


1 Bengal deshi. 2 Indian cotton of staple lengths 20.5 mm (25/32") and below (e g. oomras, yellow picking, Assam

Comillas). 3 Indian cotton of staple length exceeding 20.5mm (26/32") and but not exceeding 24.5mm (30/32"). 4 Indian cotton of staple length over 24.5 mm (31/32") to 28 mm. 5 Indian cotton of staple length 28.5 mm (1 4/32") and above but below 34.5 mm. 6 Indian cotton of all staple length 34.5 mm and above (1 12/32"). 7 Cotton, other than Indian, of all staple lengths.

Indonesia


(Year 2018)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential


520100000 - Cotton, not carded or combed 27% 52010000 0%


garnetted stock)


52029 - Other:

520291000 -- Garnetted stock 40% 52029100 5% 520299000 -- Other: 40% 52029900 5%


520300000 - Cotton, carded or combed 40% 52030000 5%

Japan


(Year 2020)





MFN LDC

Preferential

520100 - Cotton, not carded or combed 0%

520100000 0% 0%


garnetted stock)


520210000 0% 0%

52029 - Other:


520291000 0% 0%

520299 -- Other 0%

520299000 0% 0%

520300 - Cotton, carded or combed 0%

520300000 0% 0%


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Kenya


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

52010000 Cotton, not carded or combed. 100%

52010000 0%

5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)


52021000 0%

52029 - Other:


52029100 0%

52029900 -- Other 100%

52029900 0%


52030000 0%

Korea, Republic of


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential


5201001000 --- Seed cotton 2%

5201001000 0% 0%

52010090 --- Other

5201009010 ----- Less than 232 mm (7/8 inch) of

fibre-length

2%

5201009010 0% 0%

5201009020 ----- Not less than 232 mm (7/8 inch), but less than 254 mm (1 inch) of

fibre-length

2%

5201009020 0% 0%

5201009030 ----- Not less than 254 mm (1

inch),but less than 285 mm (11/8

inch) of fibre-length

2%

5201009030 0% 0%

5201009050 ----- Not less than 285 mm (1-1/8

inch), but less than 349 mm (1-3/8

inch) of fibre length

2%

5201009050 0% 0%

5201009060 ----- Not less than 349 mm (1-3/8

inch) of fibre-length

2%

5201009060 0% 0%



5202100000 --- 1. Yarn waste (including thread

waste)

2%

5202100000 0% 0%

52029 - 2. Other:

5202910000 --- A. Garnetted stock 2%

5202910000 0% 0%

5202990000 --- B. Other 2%

5202990000 0% 0%

5203000000 --- Cotton, carded or combed 2%

5203000000 0% 0%

Malaysia


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential


520100000 0%


garnetted stock)


520210000 0%

52029 - Other:


520291000 0%

520299000 -- Other 5%

520299000 0%


520300000 0%

Mauritius


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

52010000 Cotton, not carded or combed 122% 17% 52010000 0%


garnetted stock)

52021000 - Yarn waste (including thread waste) 122% 17% 52021000 0%

52029 - Other:

52029100 -- Garnetted stock 122% 17% 52029100 0%

52029900 -- Other 122% 17% 52029900 0%

52030000 Cotton, carded or combed 122% 17% 52030000 0%


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Mexico


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2012) MFN

LDC

Preferential

520100 Algodón sin cardar ni peinar 45%

52010001¹ 0% 52010002² 0% 52010099³ 0%




52029 - Los demás:

520291 -- Hilachas 37% 52029101 0%

520299 -- Los demás

52029901 -- Borra 37% 52029901 0%

52029999 -- Demás 45% 52029999 0% 520300 Algodón cardado o peinado 37% 52030001 0%

1 Con pepita. 2 Sin pepita, de fibra con más de 29 mm de longitud. 3 Los demás.

Morocco


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

5201 Coton, non-cardé ni peigné

5201000010 ––– non-égrené 19% 15% 5201000010 2.5% 2.5% 5201000091 ––– égrené:

5201000091 –––– écru 19% 15% 5201000091 2.5% 0%

5201000099 –––– autres 19% 15% 5201000099 2.5% 0%

5202 Déchets de coton (y compris les déchets

de fils et les effilochés).

520210 – Déchets de fils

5202100010 ––– déchets de fils pour essuyages

industriels

19% 15% 5202100010 2.5% 2.5%

5202100090 ––– autres 19% 15% 5202100090 2.5% 2.5% 52029 – Autres:

5202910000 –– Effilochés 19% 15% 5202910000 2.5% 2.5%

5202990000 –– Autres 19% 15% 5202990000 2.5% 2.5%

5203 Coton, cardé ou peigné

52030010 ––– écru, décrué ou blanchi:

5203001010 –––– écru 34% 15% 5203001010 2.5% 2.5%

5203001020 –––– décrué 34% 15% 5203001020 2.5% 2.5%

5203001090 –––– blanchi 34% 15% 5203001090 2.5% 2.5%

5203009000 ––– autres 34% 15% 5203009000 2.5% 2.5%

New Zealand


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential



garnetted stock):


52029 - Other:

52029100 -- Garnetted stock 0% 52029100 0% 0%

52029900 -- Other 0% 52029900 0% 0%



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Norway


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential


5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock).


52029 - Other:

5202910 -- Garnetted stock 0% 52029100 0% 0%

5202990 -- Other 0% 52029900 0% 0%


Pakistan


(Year 2018)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential


52010010 --- American 5%

52010020 --- Egyptian 5%

520100301 3%

520100402 3%

520100503 3% 520100604 3%

520100705 3%

520100806 3%

52010090 --- Other 5% 52010090 3%


garnetted stock).


52029 - Other:

52029100 -- Garnetted stock 15% 52029100 11%

52029900 -- Other 15% 52029900 11% 52030000 Cotton, carded or combed 5% 52030000 3%

1 Length not exceeding 20.5 mm. 2 Length exceeding 20.5 mm but not exceeding 24.5 mm. 3 Length exceeding 24.5 mm but not exceeding 28.5 mm. 4 Length exceeding 28.5 mm but not exceeding 31 mm. 5 Length exceeding 31 mm but not exceeding 34.5 mm. 6 Length exceeding 34.5 mm.

Peru


(Year 2018)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

5201000000 ---Algodón sin cardar ni peinar. 30%

5201001000¹ 6% 5201002000² 6%

5201003000³ 6%

5201009000⁴ 6%




52029 - Los demás:

5202910000 -- Hilachas 30% 5202910000 0%

5202990000 -- Los demás 30% 5202990000 0% 5203000000 --- Algodón cardado o peinado 30% 5203000000 6%

1 De longitud de fibra superior a 34.92 mm (1 3/8 pulgada). 2 De longitud de fibra superior a 28.57 mm (1 1/8 pulgada) pero inferior o igual a 34.92 mm

(1 3/8 pulgada). 3 De longitud de fibra superior a 22.22 mm (7/8 pulgada) pero inferior o igual a 28.57 mm

(1 1/8 pulgada). 4 De longitud de fibra inferior o igual a 22.22 mm (7/8 pulgada).


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Russian Federation


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential


5201001000 - rendered absorbent or bleached 0% 5201001000 0% 0% 5201009000 - other 0% 5201009000 0% 0%


garnetted stock):

5202100000 - yarn waste (including thread waste) 0% 5202100000 0% 0%

52029 - other:

5202910000 -- garnetted stock 0% 5202910000 0% 0%

5202990000 -- other 0% 5202990000 0% 0%


South Africa


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties &

Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential


52010010 --- Not ginned 60% 4.4c/kg cotton fibre

(Normal

levy)+3.3c/kg cotton fibre

(Special levy)

52010010 0%

52010020 --- Ginned but not further

processed

60% 4.4c/kg cotton fibre

(Normal

levy)+3.3c/kg

cotton fibre

(Special levy)

52010020 160c/kg1

52010090 --- Other 60% 4.4c/kg cotton fibre

(Normal

levy)+3.3c/kg cotton fibre

(Special levy)

52010090 15%

5202 Cotton waste (including yarn

waste and garnetted stock):

520210 - Yarn waste (including thread

waste)

52021000 0%

52021010 -- Unprocessed 60%

52021090 -- Other 60%

52029 - Other:

520291 -- Garnetted stock

52029110 --- Unprocessed 60% 52029100 0%

52029190 --- Other 60%

520299 -- Other 52029900 0%

52029910 --- Unprocessed 60%

52029990 --- Other 60%


1 "c/kg" stands for rand cent per kilo.

Switzerland


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

520100 Coton, non-cardé ni peigné

52010010 --- blanchi et dégraissé (hydrophile) 0% 52010010 0% 0%

52010090 --- autres 0% 52010090 0% 0%

5202 Déchets de coton (y compris les

déchets de fils et les effilochés)

52021000 - déchets de fils 0% 52021000 0% 0%

52029 - Autres:

52029100 -- effilochés 0% 52029100 0% 0%

52029900 -- autres 0% 52029900 0% 0%

52030000 - Coton, cardé ou peigné 0% 52030000 0% 0%


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Chinese Taipei


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS

2017)

MFN LDC

Preferential

52010000 Cotton, not carded or combed 0% 52010000 0% 0% 5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and

garnetted stock)

52021000 Yarn waste (including thread waste) 0% 52021000 0% 0%

52029 Other:

52029100 Garnetted cotton stock 0% 52029100 0% 0%

52029900 Other cotton waste 0% 52029900 0% 0%


Thailand


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

520100 Cotton, not carded or combed 4.5% 52010000 0% 0%


garnetted stock)

520210 - Yarn waste (including thread waste) 4.5% 52021000 0% 0%

52029 - Other:

520291 -- Garnetted stock 4.5% 52029100 0% 0%

520299 -- Other 4.5% 52029900 0% 0%

520300 Cotton, carded or combed 4.5% 52030000 0% 0%

Turkey


(Year 2019)



Other Duties & Charges Tariff Line (HS 2017)

MFN LDC

Preferential

520100 Cotton, not carded or

combed

5201001000 - Rendered absorbent

or bleached

6% - Municipality share: 15% of

customs duty, - Transportation

infrastructure fee: 3% (in case

of road, rail or air Transport) or

4% (in case of maritime

transport) of the sum of CIF

value, customs duty and other charges mentioned above.

5201001000 0%

5201009000 - Other 6% - Municipality share: 15% of






value, customs duty and other

charges mentioned above.

5201009000 0%

5202 Cotton waste

(including yarn waste


5202100000 - Yarn waste

(including thread

waste)

12% - Municipality share: 15% of







5202100000 0%

52029 - Other:

5202910000 -- Garnetted stock 12% - Municipality share: 15% of







5202910000 0%


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(Year 2019)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty Other Duties & Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

5202990000 -- Other 12% - Municipality share: 15% of customs duty, - Transportation







5202990000 0%

5203000000 Cotton, carded or

combed

12.6% - Municipality share: 15% of

customs duty, - Transportation infrastructure fee: 3% (in case






5203000000 0%

United States


(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential


- Having a staple length under

28.575 mm (1-1/8 inches):

52010005 -- Harsh or rough, having a staple

length under 19.05 mm (3/4 inch)

0% 52010005 0% 0%

-- Other:

52010012 --- Described in general note 4 of

the tariff schedule and entered

pursuant to its provisions

0% 52010012 0% 0%

52010014¹ --- Described in US Tariff-Rate Quota Notifications, TRQID USA035

0% 52010014 0% 0%

52010018 --- Other 31.4¢/kg 52010018 31.4¢/kg 0%

- Having a staple length of 28.575

mm (1-1/8 inches) or more but

under 34.925 mm (1-3/8 inches):

52010022 -- Described in general note 4 of the tariff schedule and entered


4.4¢/kg 52010022 4.4¢/kg 0%

-- Other, harsh or rough, having a

staple length of 29.36875 mm

(1-5/32 inches) or more and white

in colour (except cotton of perished

staple, grabbots and cotton

pickings):

52010024¹ --- Described in US Tariff-Rate

Quota Notifications, TRQID USA036

4.4¢/kg 52010024 4.4¢/kg 0%

52010028 --- Other 31.4¢/kg 52010028 31.4¢/kg 0%

-- Other:

52010034¹ --- Described in US Tariff-Rate Quota Notifications, TRQID USA037

4.4¢/kg 52010034 4.4¢/kg 0%

52010038 --- Other 31.4¢/kg 52010038 31.4¢/kg 0%

- Having a staple length of 34.925

mm (1-3/8 inches) or more:

52010055 -- Described in general note 4 of

the tariff schedule and entered


1.5¢/kg 52010055 1.5¢/kg 1.5¢/kg

52010060¹ -- Described in US Tariff-Rate


1.5¢/kg 52010060 1.5¢/kg 1.5¢/kg

52010080 -- Other 31.4¢/kg 52010080 31.4¢/kg 31.4¢/kg


and garnetted stock):

52021000 - Yarn waste (including thread waste)

0% 52021000 0% 0%

- Other:

52029100 -- Garnetted stock 52029100 4.3% 0%

5202910001 --- Having a staple length under 28.575 mm (1-1/8 inches)

4.3%

5202910002 --- Having a staple length 28.575

mm (1-1/8 inches) or more

4.3%


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(Year 2020)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

520299 -- Other:

--- Card strips made from cotton

having a staple length under

30.1625 mm (1-3/16 inches) and

lap waste, sliver waste and roving

waste:

52029905 ---- Described in general note 4 of

the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions

0% 52029905 0% 0%

52029910¹ ---- Described in US Tariff-Rate


0% 52029910 0% 0%

52029930 ---- Other 7.8¢/kg 52029930 7.8¢/kg 0%

52029950 --- Other 0% 52029950 0% 0%

520300 Cotton, carded or combed:

- Fibres of cotton processed but not

spun:

52030005 -- Described in general note 4 of

the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions

5% 52030005 5% 0%

52030010¹ -- Described in US Tariff-Rate


5% 52030010 5% 0%

52030030 -- Other 31.4¢/kg 52030030 31.4¢/kg 0%

52030050 - Other 4.3% 52030050 4.3% 0%

1 Tariff rate quotas were reserved for these tariff lines.

Note: "¢/kg" stands for USD cent per kilo.

Viet Nam


(Year 2018)

Tariff Line


Bound

Duty

Other Duties

& Charges

Tariff Line

(HS 2017) MFN

LDC

Preferential

52010000 Cotton, not carded or combed 0% 5201000000 0%


garnetted stock)


52029 - Other:

52029100 -- Garnetted stock 20% 5202910000 10%

52029900 -- Other 20% 5202990000 10%


3.2 SPECIAL SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS

3.9. This section provides information on scheduled special safeguard (SSG) provisions for cotton and on the use of those provisions by Member.

3.10. Of the 32 Members covered by this Market Access Part, three have scheduled SSG provisions for cotton, namely, Colombia, South Africa, and the United States.

3.11. The following table lists the cotton tariff lines for which SSG provisions are specified in each of those three Members' schedules. The following column headings are used:

Member The name of the Member who has reserved SSG provisions for cotton; and Tariff Line The tariff item number for which the SSG provision was reserved (through the

inclusion of the symbol "SSG") as specified in the Member's schedule reproduced in the CTS file using the HS 2002 nomenclature.


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3.2.1 Scheduled SSG provisions for cotton

Member Tariff Line Colombia 5201000000 South Africa 52010010 52010020 52010090 52021010 52021090 52029110 52029190 52029910 52029990 52030000 United States 52010018 52010028 52010038 52010080 52029930 52030030

3.12. Based on Table MA:3 notifications circulated by the Secretariat up to 16 October 2020, none of those three Members has notified trigger levels for the volume-based SSG concerning cotton.

3.13. Regarding the price-based SSG, based on Table MA:4 notifications circulated by the Secretariat up to 16 October 2020, the United States have notified trigger prices for all the tariff lines for which SSG provisions were reserved. These trigger prices are presented by tariff item

number in the table below. The following column headings are used:

Tariff Line The tariff item number for which the SSG provision was reserved (through the

inclusion of the symbol "SSG") as specified in the Member's schedule reproduced in the CTS using the HS 2002 nomenclature;

Trigger Price The trigger price for the tariff item number as notified in the Table MA:4 notification.

3.2.2 Notified trigger prices for cotton

United States (G/AG/N/USA/1)

Tariff Line Trigger price 52010018 USD 1.60/kg 52010028 USD 1.12/kg 52010038 USD 1.20/kg 52010080 USD 2.75/kg 52029930 USD 8.15/kg 52030030 USD 0.64/kg

3.14. The table below provides, based on MA:5 notifications circulated by the Secretariat up to 16 October 2020, information regarding price-based SSG actions invoked on cotton by the United States. The following column headings are used:

Product Product description as specified in the Table MA:5 notification;

Tariff Line The tariff item number for which the SSG provision was reserved

(through the inclusion of the symbol "SSG") as specified in the Member's schedule reproduced in the CTS using the HS 2002 nomenclature;

Implementation year The implementation year during which SSG action was invoked;

Affected quantity (kg) The quantity in kilograms of the tariff item number affected by the SSG

action as notified in the Table MA:5 notification; and

Notification reference The reference of the relevant notification.


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3.2.3 Invoked price-based SSG for cotton

United States (Table MA:5)

Product Tariff Line Implementation

year

Affected quantity

(kg)

Notification Reference

Short staple cotton, over-quota 52010018 Calendar year, 1996 150 G/AG/N/USA/24 Short staple cotton, over-quota 52010018 Calendar year, 2006 54 G/AG/N/USA/61 Extra long staple cotton, over-quota 52010080 Calendar year, 2003 118,807 G/AG/N/USA/61 Extra long staple cotton, over-quota 52010080 Calendar year, 2007 539 G/AG/N/USA/67

Note: The following paragraph is quoted in all of the above-mentioned US notifications: "United States price-based safeguards are invoked automatically on a shipment-by-shipment basis. Importers who enter goods in an over-quota tariff line are required to declare which pre-established price range is applicable to their product. If there is a safeguard duty associated with that price range, the additional charge is assessed. Entries where the safeguard duties were assessed during the reporting period are summarized in this notification. Information on affected quantities, while not required by the format, is provided for illustrative purposes. Multiple transactions involving the same product have been aggregated for the purposes of this notification."

3.3 TARIFF RATE QUOTAS

3.15. Of the 32 Members covered by the Market Access Part of this background paper, only China, Colombia, South Africa and the United States have scheduled tariff rate quotas28 for cotton.

3.16. This section is organized as follows: Sub-section 3.3.1 provides information regarding the tariff rate quota commitments for cotton as specified in those four Members' schedules; Sub-section 3.3.2 presents the most recent TRQ administration methods notified by those four Members in Table

MA:1 notifications; and Sub-section 3.3.3 provides, for each of those four Members, the TRQ quantities and the notified in-quota imports from Table MA:2 notifications and the corresponding fill

rates further to the request made at the third dedicated discussion.

3.3.1 Tariff rate quota commitments for cotton

3.17. This sub-section lists, by Member, the initial and final bound tariff rate quota quantities and in-quota tariff rates for cotton as specified in the Member's schedule. The following column headings

are used:

TQID The number identifying the bound tariff quota for each Member in the CTS, in the same sequential order as scheduled. The seven-character code is comprised of the three-letter WTO Member code, followed by "Q" for "TRQ", and by the three-digit sequential identifier.

Product The product or group of products as specified in the Member's schedule29;

Tariff Line(s) The tariff item number(s) as specified in the Member's schedule reproduced in the CTS using the HS 2002 nomenclature;

Unit The unit for initial and final bound tariff rate quota quantities;

Initial quota The initial bound tariff rate quota quantity as specified in the Member's

schedule;

Final quota The final bound tariff rate quota quantity as specified in the Member's

schedule; and

In-quota tariff rate The in-quota tariff rate as specified in the Member's schedule.

28 Also referred to as TRQ or tariff quota. 29 In original language only.


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China1

TQID Product Tariff line(s) Unit Initial quota Final quota In-quota tariff rate

CHNQ010 Cotton2 52010000, 52030000

Metric tonnes 780,750 894,000 1%

1 Annex 1 contains the notes from China's schedule concerning tariff rate quota commitments. 2 The following information is taken from the column "other terms and conditions" in China's schedule

for its cotton TRQ commitment (refer to Annex 1, "Note 1") (1) STE share = 33% (see Note 1). (2) Staging for cotton: Year TRQ quantity 2002 818,500 mt. 2003 856,250 mt. 2004 894,000 mt.

Colombia

TQID Product Tariff

line(s) Unit Initial quota Final quota

In-quota tariff rate

COLQ057 Algodon sin cardar ni peinar

5201 Metric tonnes 222 222 99%

COLQ067 Algodon 5201 Metric tonnes 1510 2664 80%

South Africa1

TQID Product Tariff line(s) Unit Initial quota Final quota In-quota tariff rate

ZAFQ053 Cotton 5201 Metric tonnes 17,101 17,101 12%

1 The following note is included in South Africa's schedule for its TRQ commitments: "South Africa commits itself to fill the quotas as indicated at tariff rates at a maximum of 20% of the bound rates for both the initial and final quantities."

United States1

TQID Product Tariff line(s) Unit Initial quota Final quota In-quota tariff rate USAQ048

52010014 Metric tonnes 10,000 10,000 0% 52010024 USD 0.044 per kilogram 52010034 USD 0.044 per kilogram 52010060 USD 0.015 per kilogram 52029910 0% 52030010 5%

USAQ049

52010014 Metric tonnes 8,495 20,207 0% USAQ050

52010024 Metric tonnes 900 1,400 USD 0.044 per kilogram

USAQ051

52010034 Metric tonnes 5,200 11,500 USD 0.044 per kilogram USAQ052

52010060 Metric tonnes 25,500 40,100 USD 0.015 per kilogram

USAQ053

52029910 Kilograms 1,835,427 3,335,427 0% USAQ054

52030010 Kilograms 1,000 2,500 5%

1 Annex 2 contains the chapter notes from the US schedule concerning TRQ commitments for cotton.

3.18. The following chart summarizes the total number of scheduled TRQs for cotton, by Member, based on the number of TQIDs identified in the CTS.


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Chart 3.3: Number of scheduled TRQs for cotton by Member

3.3.2 Most recent Tariff Rate Quota administration method notified for cotton

3.19. This sub-section describes, for each Member and for each cotton TRQ, the most recent import arrangements notified in Table MA:1 notifications up to 16 October 2020.

3.20. The reference number of the relevant notification is indicated in the title for each Member, with the reporting period covered by the notification specified in brackets.

China

G/AG/N/CHN/2 (calendar year 2003)

CHNQ010

Description of import arrangement applicable

(a) (i) Import tariff quota of agricultural products shall be applicable to global trade. (ii) The tariff quota for the year 2003 is open from the date of issuance to 31 December.

(b) (i) The former State Development Planning Commission was responsible for tariff quota allocation of agricultural products. National Development Reform Commission and Ministry of Commerce are responsible for reallocations.

(ii) Requirements and conditions for applicants applying for import tariff quota are: having

registered with Administration of Industry and Commerce (presenting the duplicate of business licences) prior to 1 October 2002; being under sound financial conditions and having good tax payment records (presenting relevant data for 2001 and 2002); having no records of unlawful acts at the Customs, Administration of Industry and Commerce, Inspection and Quarantine authorities and Taxation Administration within the period of 2000-2002; having passed the annual enterprise review of the year 2001 conducted by Administration of Industry and Commerce and Inspection and Quarantine authorities.

(iii) Import tariff quota for general trade shall be allocated with reference to the volumes for which applicants have applied, previous import performance and production capacity or other applicable commercial standards, or under the principle of "first-come, first-served".

(iv) Licence shall remain valid from the date of issuance to 31 December of the same year.

1

2

1

7

China Colombia South Africa United States


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Colombia

G/AG/N/COL/35 (calendar year 2005)

COLQ067


(a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries: none. (b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers: the import quota is allocated on

a competitive basis amongst participants registered with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Quota allocation is by means of public auctions in which importers take part through the bid registration system.

(c) Details of other arrangements: not applicable.

(d) Any other information: Decree No. 430 of 2004 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

South Africa

G/AG/N/ZAF/35 (calendar year 2001)

ZAFQ053


(a) Country Allocations: Global

(b) Import Allocations: (i) Department of Agriculture will allocate and issue permits annually;

(ii) historical and new importers who are processors of cotton will be eligible for permits; (iii) permits will be issued pro rata; (iv) permits will be valid for twelve months.

United States30

G/AG/N/USA/2/Add.3 and G/AG/N/USA/34/Add.1 (calendar year)

USAQ049


(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS: See Additional US Note 5 to Chapter 52 of the HTSUS (Annex 1, 36/).

(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS: First-come, first-served, implemented by US Customs Service

(http://www.customs.gov/impoexpo.htm). (c) OTHER ARRANGEMENTS: None. (d) OTHER INFORMATION: This provision is included in Additional US Note 5 to chapter 52 of

the HTSUS (Annex 1, note 36/) and in Additional US Note 6 to Chapter 52 of Schedule XX.

USAQ050


(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS: None. (b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS: First-come, first-served, implemented by US Customs Service

(http://www.customs.gov/impoexpo/impoexpo.htm). (c) OTHER ARRANGEMENTS: None. (d) OTHER INFORMATION: This provision is included in Additional US Note 6 to chapter 52 of


30 Annex 3 contains the excerpt of notes from the harmonized tariff system of the United States that

concern cotton (from Annex 1 in G/AG/N/USA/2/Add.3 and G/AG/N/USA/34/Add.1).


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USAQ051


(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS: None.

(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS: First-come, first-served, implemented by US Customs Service (http://www.customs.gov/impoexpo/impoexpo.htm).

(c) OTHER ARRANGEMENTS: None. (d) OTHER INFORMATION: This provision is included in Additional US Note 7 to chapter 52 of


USAQ052


(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS: None. (b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS: First-come, first-served, implemented by US Customs Service



USAQ053


(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS: See Additional US Note 9 to Chapter 52 of the HTSUS (Annex 1, 40/).

(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS: First-come, first-served, implemented by US Customs Service

(http://www.customs.gov/impoexpo/impoexpo.htm).

(c) OTHER ARRANGEMENTS: None. (d) OTHER INFORMATION: This provision is included in Additional US Note 9 to chapter 52 of


USAQ054


(a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS: See Additional US Note 10 to Chapter 52 of the HTSUS

(Annex 1, 41/). (b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS: First-come, first-served, implemented by US Customs Service



3.3.3 TRQ quantities and in-quota imports for cotton

3.21. This sub-section provides yearly TRQ quantities, notified in-quota imports for cotton, and the corresponding fill rates based on Members' Table MA:2 notifications circulated by the Secretariat up to 16 October 2020.

3.22. Fill rates are calculated based on the data provided in Table MA:2 notifications as the ratio of in-quota imports to notified TRQ quantities. In cases where notified in-quota imports are greater than TRQ quantities, the fill rates are adjusted by setting a maximum of 100% fill rate. The implementation years covered in the tables below are those indicated in the Member's Table MA:2

notifications. The title of the individual tables indicates the TQID of the TRQ, while the quantity unit used in the notification is indicated in brackets.

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China

CHNQ010 (metric tonnes) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

TRQ Quantity 818,500 856,250 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000

In-quota Imports 177,000 870,000 1,910,000 2,570,000 894,000 1,165,000 2,111,000 894,000 894,000 Fill rates (%) 22 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

TRQ Quantity 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000 In-quota Imports 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000 894,000 Fill rates (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Colombia31

COLQ067 (metric tonnes) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

TRQ Quantity 1,510 1,847 1,963 2,117 2,245 2,373 2,501 2,630 2,758 2,886 2,886 2,886 In-quota Imports 37,747 25,676 47,284 42,661 37,846 58,636 53,583 64,345 64,556 33,490 39,525 61,904

Fill rates (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

TRQ Quantity 2,886 2,886 2,886 2,886 2,886 2,886 2,886 2,886 2,886 2,886 2,886 2,886

In-quota Imports 53,307 50,563 60,328 50,315 43,957 26,265 33,040 30,615 30,228 28,147 25,275 36,052

Fill rates (%) 100 100 100 100 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

South Africa

ZAFQ053 (metric tonnes) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

TRQ Quantity 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101

In-quota Imports 44,114 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101

Fill rates (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

TRQ Quantity 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101

In-quota Imports 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 17,101 15,743

Fill rates (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 92

31 Colombia noted in its MA:2 notifications of 2011-2018 that "Colombia's bound tariff quotas were not activated during the reporting period, as the bound intra-quota tariff

is higher than the most-favoured-nation tariff applied". The data included in the line of "In-quota imports" for 2011-2018 correspond to the total imports as reported by Colombia in the relevant MA:2 notifications. Fill rates are not applicable in those cases.

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United States32

USAQ049 (metric tonnes) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

TRQ Quantity 8,495 10,837 13,180 15,522 17,865 20,207 20,207 20,207 20,207 20,207 20,207 20,207

In-quota Imports 198 1 45 12,098 452 229 351 0 45 2 259 1,346

Fill rates (%) 2 0.009 0.3 78 3 1 2 0 0.2 0.01 1 7

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

TRQ Quantity 20,207 20,207 20,207 20,207 20,207 20,207 20,207 20,207 20,207 20,207

In-quota Imports 73 0 0 0 3,969 1,140 1,172 264 6,037 61

Fill rates (%) 0.4 0 0 0 20 5.6 5.8 1 30 0.3

USAQ050 (metric tonnes) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

TRQ Quantity 900 1,000 1,100 1,200 1,300 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400

In-quota Imports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fill rates (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

TRQ Quantity 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400

In-quota Imports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 0

Fill rates (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0


TRQ Quantity 5,200 6,460 7,720 8,980 10,240 11,500 11,500 11,500 11,500 11,500 11,500

In-quota Imports 0 0 23 1,471 190 116 855 195 1,525 2,608 1,294

Fill rates (%) 0 0 0.3 16 2 1 7 2 13 23 11

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

TRQ Quantity 11,500 11,500 11,500 11,500 11,500 11,500 11,500 11,500 11,500 11,500 11,500 In-quota Imports 235 123 0 0 545 117 0 0 0 20 0

Fill rates (%) 2 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0.2 0


TRQ Quantity 25,500 28,420 31,340 34,260 37,180 40,100 40,100 40,100 40,100 40,100 40,100

In-quota Imports 0 13 62 3,483 9,611 2,657 5,089 13,813 9,270 4,244 3,934 Fill rates (%) 0 0.05 0.2 10 26 7 13 34 23 11 10

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

TRQ Quantity 40,100 40,100 40,100 40,100 40,100 40,100 40,100 40,100 40,100 40,100 40,100

In-quota Imports 2,423 2,418 0 0 1,518 1,214 852 1,547 0 731 318 Fill rates (%) 6 6 0 0 4 3 2.1 3.9 0 2 0.8

32 According to the US notification for implementation year 1995, Uruguay Round commitments for cotton products in headings 5201, 5202 and 5203 became effective only

in the fall of 1995, and imports under these commitments were reported along with calendar year 1996 imports in early 1997.

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USAQ053 (kilograms) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

TRQ Quantity 1,835,427 2,135,427 2,435,427 2,735,427 3,035,427 3,335,427 3,335,427 3,335,427 3,335,427 3,335,427 3,335,427

In-quota Imports 15,000 17,584 0 0 0 0 0 0 128,198 0 0

Fill rates (%) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

TRQ Quantity 3,335,427 3,335,427 3,335,427 3,335,427 3,335,427 3,335,427 3,335,427 3,335,427 3,335,427 3,335,427 3,335,427 In-quota Imports 169,844 791,441 87,332 561,492 729,436 558,590 234,364 1,224,637 291,066 945,807 730,566

Fill rates (%) 5 24 3 17 22 17 7 36.7 9 28 22

USAQ054 (kilograms) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

TRQ Quantity 1,000 1,300 1,600 1,900 2,200 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500

In-quota Imports 800 120 0 1,796 1,307 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,300 157 0

Fill rates (%) 80 9 0 95 59 100 100 100 92 6 0

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

TRQ Quantity 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500

In-quota Imports 0 0 2,500 0 20 0 52 70 0 0 2,500

Fill rates (%) 0 0 100 0 1 0 2.1 2.8 0 0 100


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3.23. Based on the information presented in section 3.3.3 above, the following charts show, by Member and by year, notified in-quota imports compared to the scheduled quantity, as well as the corresponding fill rates, under each TRQ.

Charts on notified in-quota imports compared to the scheduled quantity

Chart 3.4: China (CHNQ010)

Chart 3.5: Colombia (COLQ067)

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3.4 OTHER NON-TARIFF MEASURES

3.24. This section contains information on other non-tariff measures applicable to cotton. The information presented is sourced from the WTO I-TIP Goods database33, which compiles data about non-tariff measures notified by Members as well as information on "specific trade concerns" raised by Members during WTO Committee meetings.

3.25. The non-tariff measures listed below result from a query in the I-TIP Goods database, using the following criteria:

a. Member imposing the measure: The 32 Members34 selected for this Market Access part;

b. Type of measure covered: Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (as notified under the Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures); measures notified under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade; Anti-Dumping measures (as notified under the Anti-Dumping agreement); Countervailing duties (as notified under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures); Safeguard measures (as notified under the

Agreement on Safeguards); State Trading Enterprises (as notified to the Working Party on State Trading Enterprises, pursuant to Article XVII:4(a) of the GATT 1994 and Paragraph

1 of the Understanding on the interpretation of Article XVII); Quantitative restrictions notified to the Committee on Market Access as per the CTG Decision contained in G/L/59/Rev.1; and import licensing procedures (as notified under the Agreement on Import Licensing procedures).

c. Measures initiated or notified from 1 January 2012 to 16 October 2020 and which have not been withdrawn to date; and

d. Measures with a reference to "cotton" and with a product description encompassing explicitly or potentially HS headings 52.01, 52.02 or 52.03.35

33 http://i-tip.wto.org/goods/default.aspx?language=en. 34 The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union as of 1 February 2020. The European Union

and the United Kingdom have communicated that, during the transition period, which ends on 31 December 2020, Union law, with a few limited exceptions, continues to be applicable to and in the United Kingdom.

35 It should be noted that, in the absence of specific or further indication by Members, listed measures making reference to "cotton", may in fact not apply to the trade of "cotton" as defined in this paper, i.e. products covered by the Harmonized System nomenclature headings 52.01, 52.02 and 52.03.

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3.26. It should be noted that, to date, only one specific trade concern has been raised in the relevant WTO Committees with respect to the non-tariff measures identified in this Section and listed in the table below.36

3.27. The following column headings are used for the tables below:

Member Member notifying the measure.

Partner affected Member(s) affected by the measure if identified in the relevant notification, or otherwise "All Members".

Notif. req. Type of measure notified, using the following coding: "SPS" for Sanitary

and Phytosanitary measures; "TBT" for measures notified under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade; "AD" for Anti-Dumping measures; "CV" for countervailing duties; "SG" for Safeguard measures;

"STE" for State Trading Enterprises; "QR" for Quantitative Restrictions; and "LIC" for import licensing procedures.

Initiation/

notification Date of initiation or notification of the measure.

In force Date of entry into force of the measure (if any) as it appears in the relevant notification.

Measure description Summarized description of the measure based on the information in the relevant notification.

Product description Summarized description of the product covered by the measure based on the information in the relevant notification.

Source Document number of the relevant notification(s).

Chart 3.13: Number of other non-tariff measures applicable to cotton, per type of measure (1 January 2012 to 16 October 2020)

36 Members raised concern regarding the TBT measure applied by China as notified in

G/TBT/N/CHN/1211 at the TBT Committee meeting of 8-9 November 2017. Refer to TBT IMS ID 545 and paragraphs 2.7-2.14 in G/TBT/M/73 for more details.

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Member Partner

affected

Notif.

req.

Initiation/

Notification In force Measure description Product description

Source

Peru All

Members

TBT 07/04/2020 Reglamento Interno Sectorial sobre Seguridad de la

Biotecnología para el Desarrollo de Actividades con

Organismos Vivos Modificados para el Sector Agrario

(Sectoral internal regulation on biotechnology safety for activities involving living modified organisms for the

agricultural sector) (58 pages, in Spanish)

...

Section XI (chapters 50 to 53: textiles)

G/TBT/N/PER/121

Brazil All

Members

SPS 09/04/2020 Draft resolution number 800, 26 March 2020, regarding

the active ingredient T48 - TIAMETOXAM (thiamethoxam)

of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides,

Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers,

published by Resolution - RE no. 165 of 29 August 2003,

on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da

União) of 2 September 2003

HS Code(s): 52; ICS Code(s): 13, 65 G/SPS/N/BRA/1651,

G/SPS/N/BRA/1651/Add.1

Brazil All

Members


the active ingredient L05 - LUFENUROM (lufenuron) of the

Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides,





HS Code(s): 52; ICS Code(s): 13, 65 G/SPS/N/BRA/1652,


Brazil All

Members

SPS 27/07/2020 Draft resolution number 870, 10 July 2020, regarding the

active ingredient T46 - TETRACONAZOL (tetraconazole) of

the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers,




HS Code(s): 52, 09; ICS Code(s): 13, 65 G/SPS/N/BRA/1736

Brazil All

Members

SPS 27/07/2020 Draft resolution number 871, 10 July 2020, regarding the

active ingredient T14-TIOFANATO-METÍLICO (thiophanate-

methyl) of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for

Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood

Preservers, published by Resolution - RE no. 165 of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU -

Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003

HS Code(s): 52, 09; ICS Code(s): 13, 65 G/SPS/N/BRA/1737

Brazil All

Members

SPS 02/10/2020 Draft resolution number 921, 18 September 2020,

regarding the active ingredient C32 – CLETODIM

(clethodim) of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for

Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood

Preservers, published by Resolution - RE no. 165 of

29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU -


HS Code(s): 52, 1201, 080450, 070820;

ICS Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1783

Brazil All Members

SPS 02/10/2020 Draft resolution number 922, 18 September 2020, regarding the active ingredient M02 - MANCOZEBE

(mancozeb) of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients

for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood




HS Code(s): 52, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 100820, 07133500, 07133990,

07136000, 07133100, triticale; ICS

Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1784

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Member Partner

affected

Notif.

req.

Initiation/


Source

Brazil All

Members

SPS 22/10/2019 Draft resolution number 728, 14 October 2019, regarding

the active ingredient A18 - ABAMECTINA of the Monograph

List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household

Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, published by Resolution - RE no. 165 of 29 August 2003, on the

Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of

2 September 2003

HS Code(s): 52, 071010, 200830,

08011, 0603, 07133, 080420, 080810,

080720, 0804, 08071, 081010, 200840,

080930, 070960, 1201, 0806, 071140, 070810, 0702, 09, 28099910;

ICS Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1580

Brazil All

Members

SPS 13/12/2019 Draft resolution number 732, 22 October 2019, regarding

the active ingredient C36 – CIPROCONAZOL

(cyproconazole) of the Monograph List of Active

Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products

and Wood Preservers, published by Resolution - RE

no. 165 of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of

2 September 2003

HS Code(s): 100700, 52, 1006;

ICS Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1585

Mexico Greece SPS 20/12/2019 Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación a México de

semilla de algodón (Gossypium hirsutum L.) originaria y

procedente de Grecia (Phytosanitary requirements

governing the importation into Mexico of cotton

(Gossypium hirsutum L.) seeds originating in and coming

from Greece)

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) seeds

originating in and coming from Greece

G/SPS/N/MEX/376

Brazil All

Members

SPS 07/01/2020 Draft resolution number 754, 16 December 2019,

regarding the active ingredient F32 - FENOXAPROPE-P (fenoxaprop-P) of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients

for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood




HS Code(s): 52, 1001; ICS Code(s): 13,

65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1604

Brazil All

Members

SPS 07/01/2020 Draft resolution number 756, 16 December 2019,

regarding the active ingredient F47 - FLUAZINAM

(fluazinam) of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for

Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, published by Resolution - RE no. 165 of



HS Code(s): 52, 071220; ICS

Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1606

Brazil All

Members


the active ingredient T48 - TIAMETOXAM (thiamethoxam)






HS Code(s): 52; ICS Code(s): 13, 65 G/SPS/N/BRA/1651


Brazil All

Members


the active ingredient L05 - LUFENUROM (lufenuron) of the








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Member Partner

affected

Notif.

req.

Initiation/


Source

Peru Mexico SPS 19/06/2020 The notified draft Directorial Resolution sets out

phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into

Peru of uncarded and uncombed cotton fibre (Gossypium

spp.) originating in and coming from Mexico, following the completion of the relevant pest risk analysis

Cotton fibre, not carded or combed (< o

= 22.22 mm); 5201.00.30.00 Cotton

fibre, not carded or combed (>22.22 mm

= o < 28.57 mm); 5201.00.20.00 Cotton fibre, not carded or combed (>28.57 mm

= o < 34.92 mm); 5201.00.10.00 Cotton

fibre, not carded or combed

(>34.92 mm)

G/SPS/N/PER/879

Brazil All

Members

SPS 05/06/2019 Draft resolution number 645, 21 May 2019, regarding the

active ingredient F72 – FLUOPIRAM of the Monograph List

of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning

Products and Wood Preservers, published by Resolution -

RE no. 165 of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of

2 September 2003

HS Code(s): 070820, 071010, 0901,

1005, 120100, 120720, 1507, 170111,

52; ICS Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1519

United

States

All

Members

SPS 27/08/2019 Fluoxastrobin; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule Cotton, gin by-products; Cotton,

undelinted seed

G/SPS/N/USA/3098

Brazil All

Members

SPS 17/09/2019 Draft resolution number 696, 23 August 2019, regarding

the active ingredient C18 - CLOROTALONIL (chlorothalonil)




on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003


Brazil All

Members

SPS 25/09/2019 Draft resolution number 721, 16 September 2019,

regarding the active ingredient P46 – PIRACLOSTROBINA

(pyraclostrobin) of the Monograph List of Active



no. 165 of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official

Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of

2 September 2003

HS Code(s): 0706, 071320, 071340,

08011, 120710, 52, 071010, 071410,

080450, 06, 0603, 0604, 081090,

08105000, 08109090, 17029040000,

07143000, 0714900011, 07133500,

08026000, 08028000, 0810909050,

08109090, acai, cupuacu, guarana; ICS

Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1577

Brazil All

Members

SPS 23/01/2019 Draft resolution number 590, 21 January 2019, regarding

the active ingredient P46 - PIRACLOSTROBINA of the






HS Code(s): 080430, 081050, 080450,

0801, 52, 100300; ICS Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1469

Brazil All

Members

SPS 24/01/2019 Draft resolution number 589, 21 January 2019, regarding

the active ingredient F68 - FLUXAPIROXADE of the

Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers,




HS Code(s): 071420, 080430, 081050,

121291, 091010, 071410, 0706,

071320, 071340, 060230, 0907, 330121, 0801, 071010, 070610,

080450, 52; ICS Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1468

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Member Partner

affected

Notif.

req.

Initiation/


Source

Brazil All

Members

SPS 13/03/2019 Draft resolution number 613, 28 February 2019, regarding

the active ingredient G01 - GLYPHOSATE of the


Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, published by Resolution - RE no. 165 of 29 August 2003,



HS Code(s): 52, 0809, 1006, 0803, 18,

09, 1212, 0805, 08011, 24, 0808,

080720, 071040, 1201, 1001, 0806; ICS

Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1487

Brazil All

Members


the active ingredient F24 – FENPROPIMORFE

(fenpropimorph) of the Monograph List of Active



no. 165 of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of

2 September 2003


Peru Turkey SPS 23/05/2018 Proyecto de Resolución Directoral para el establecimiento

de requisitos fitosanitarios de necesario cumplimiento en

la importación de algodón fibra sin peinar ni cardar

(Gossypium spp.) origen y procedencia Turquía (Draft

Directorial Resolution establishing the mandatory

phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into

Peru of uncarded and uncombed cotton fibre (Gossypium

spp.) originating in and coming from Turkey)

HS code: 5201.00.90.00 Cotton fibre,

not carded or combed (< or = 22.22

mm); 5201.00.30.00 Cotton fibre, not

carded or combed (>22.22 mm = or <

28.57 mm);

5201.00.20.00 Cotton fibre, not carded

or combed (>28.57 mm = or < 34.92

mm); 5201.00.10.00 Cotton fibre, not carded or combed (>34.92 mm)

G/SPS/N/PER/767

India All

Members

TBT 20/08/2018 Cotton Bales (Quality Control) Order, 2018. Cotton Bales ITC HS Sub heading 5201 G/TBT/N/IND/84

Brazil All

Members

SPS 24/10/2017 Draft resolution (Consulta Publica) number 402,

3 October 2017, regarding the active

ingredient C70 - CHLORANTRANILIPROLE of the

monograph list of active ingredients for pesticides,

household cleaning products and wood preservers,

published by Resolution - RE no. 165 of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da


HS Code(s): 52;

ICS Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1307

Brazil All

Members


7 November 2017, regarding the active ingredient

F70 - FLUENSULFONE of the monograph list of active

ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning products

and wood preservers, published by Resolution - RE

no. 165 of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official

Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of

2 September 2003

HS Code(s): 52, 07, 09, 12, 08;

ICS Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1315

United

States

All

Members

SPS 13/12/2017 Tebufenozide; Pesticide Tolerance Actions. Final Rule Almond, hulls; Apple, dry pomace;

Apple, wet pomace; Bushberry,

subgroup 13-07B; Brassica, head and

stem, subgroup 5A; Brassica, leafy

greens, subgroup 5B; Canola, refined oil;

Canola, seed; Caneberry, subgroup

13-07A; Citrus, oil; Cotton; Cotton, gin

byproducts; Cranberry; Fruit, citrus,

G/SPS/N/USA/2972

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group 10-10; Fruit, pome; Fruit, pome,

group 11-10; Grape; Kiwifruit; Leaf

petioles subgroup 4B; Leafy greens

subgroup 4A; Nut, tree, group 14-12;

Peppermint, tops; Spearmint, tops; Sugarcane, cane; Sugarcane, molasses;

Turnip, greens; Turnip, roots; Vegetable,

fruiting, group 8-10; Vegetable, tuberous

and corn, except potato, subgroup 1D

Brazil All

Members

SPS 11/01/2018 Draft resolution (Consulta Publica)

number 436, 4 December 2017, regarding the active

ingredient H07 - HALOXYFOP-P of the monograph list of

active ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning

products and wood preservers, published by

Resolution - RE no. 165 of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of

2 September 2003

HS Code(s): 10, 08, 52, 12;

ICS Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1341

Brazil All

Members


20 February 2018, regarding the active

ingredient F69 - FLUPYRADIFURONE of the monograph list

of active ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning

products and wood preservers, published by

Resolution - RE no. 165 of 29 August 2003, on the

Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003

HS Code(s): 07, 52, 12, 08;

ICS Code(s): 13, 65

G/SPS/N/BRA/1367

China All

Members

TBT 18/07/2017 According to the Special Actions of Strengthening the

Supervision and Strictly Striking of Illegal "Foreign

Garbage" by the General Administration of Customs of

China, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China,

Ministry of Public Security of China and General

Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and

Quarantine of China, as well as the Special Actions of

Striking of the Illegal Actions of Imported Solid Waste

Processing and Utilizing Sectors by Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, we found that large

amounts of dirty wastes or even hazardous wastes are

mixed in the solid waste that can be used as raw

materials. This polluted China's environment seriously. To

protect China's environmental interests and people's

health, we urgently adjust the imported solid wastes list,

and forbid the import of solid wastes that are highly

polluted. Protection of human health or safety; Protection

of animal or plant life or health; Protection of the environment

...Waste textile materials: 5202100000;

5202910000; 5202990000; …

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TBT 30/08/2017 Ordinance No. 221, 23 August 2017 (Portaria no. 221, de

23 de agosto de 2017)

Textiles & Textile Articles – HS: (Chapter

50 - Silk, including yarns and woven

fabric; Chapter 51 - Wool & animal hair,

including yarn & woven fabric; Chapter 52 - Cotton, including yarn and woven

fabric; Chapter 53 - Other vegetable

textile fibres)

G/TBT/N/BRA/740

Brazil All

Members


22 August 2017, regarding the active ingredient

D11 - DICAMBA of the monograph list of active ingredients

for pesticides, household cleaning products and wood

preservers, published by Resolution - RE no. 165 of

29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003

Inclusion of cotton culture with MRL of 0.04 mg/kg and

safety security period "not determined due to the mode of

use", inclusion of Genetically Modified Cotton with MRL of

0.04 mg/kg and safety security period of 113 days and

inclusion of Genetically Modified Soybean with MRL of 4.0

mg/kg and safety security period of 70 days, all for post

emergency use (application) for the active ingredient

D11 - DICAMBA in the Relation of Monographies of Active

Ingredients of Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers

HS codes 52, 12 G/SPS/N/BRA/1289

United

States

All

Members

SPS 19/07/2017 Difenoconazole; Pesticide Tolerances Final Rule Federal

Register, Volume 82 Issue 134 (Friday, 14 July 2017).

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of

difenoconazole in or on cottonseed subgroup 20C; rice,

grain; and rice, wild, grain. It also amends the existing

tolerance for cotton, gin by-products, and removes the

tolerance for cotton, undelinted seed. Syngenta Crop

Protection, LLC requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)

Cotton, cottonseed subgroup 20C; rice,

grain; and rice, wild, grain

G/SPS/N/USA/2939

United

States

All

Members

SPS 17/05/2017 Tioxazafen; Pesticide Tolerances, Final Rule Cotton, gin by-products G/SPS/N/USA/2919

Dominican

Republic

All

Members

SPS 16/05/2017 Resolución No. 34-2016, que regula uso de ciertas

moléculas de plaguicidas en vegetales y frutas (Resolution

No. 34-2016 regulating the use of certain pesticide

molecules on vegetables and fruit). The notified Resolution

provides for the following: the insecticide acephate is

declared to be of restricted use. it is permitted for

cotton... The notified Resolution partially replaces Resolution No. 61-2011

Cotton G/SPS/N/DOM/69

United

States

All

Members

SPS 7/11/2016 Fluridone; Pesticide Tolerances, Final Rule. This regulation

establishes a tolerance for residues of fluridone in or on

cotton gin by-products

Cotton, gin by-products G/SPS/N/USA/2908

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States

All

Members

SPS 4/11/2016 Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of

Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities, Notice

of Filing of Petition and Request for Comment. This

document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition requesting the establishment

of a tolerance for residues of the herbicide 2,4-D in or on

cotton, gin by-products at 1.5 parts per million (ppm), and

cotton, undelinted seed at 0.8 ppm

Cotton, gin by-products G/SPS/N/USA/2905

Russian

Federation

All

countries

that are a

party to

the Basel Convention

LIC 5/10/2016 The Russian Federation manages its obligations for

hazardous waste controlled by the Basel Convention for

the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous

Waste and their Disposal (Basel Convention) through the

Common List of Goods that are subject of import/export prohibitions or restrictions in trade with third countries

(Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic

Commission No. 30 "About measures of non-tariff

regulation" of 21 April 2015) (Annex 2.3)

Hazardous waste (Ex 5202 10 000 0) G/LIC/N/3/RUS/3

Brazil LIC 30/08/2016 Most import licensing is statutorily required. For most

goods mentioned in the relevant legislative texts, legal

coverage is defined within and is not subjected to

administrative discretion. Statutorily required licensing

cannot be abolished without legislative approval. Other

products are left to administrative discretion. The list of products subject to licensing is available at the Ministry of

Industry, Foreign Trade and Services

website: http://www.mdic.gov.br/comercio-

exterior/importacao/tratamento-administrativo-de-

importacao

Cotton G/LIC/N/1/BRA/7

& Corr.1

Brazil LIC 30/08/2016 The lists of products subject to import licensing are

available at the SISCOMEX website

http://www.portalsiscomex.gov.br/), and may be found as

well on Brazil's Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC) website

http://www.mdic.gov.br/comercio-

exterior/importacao/tratamento-administrativo-de-

importacao. Whenever an import license is required,

applications for both automatic and non-automatic import

licensing are achieved using Brazil's Foreign Trade

Integrated System (SISCOMEX). SISCOMEX is Brazil's

ongoing single window initiative, a work still in progress,

to which all other online and offline import-related

procedures are converging


Brazil All origins LIC 25/08/2016 As a rule, the Brazilian import regime does not require

licensing. For some products, automatic import licensing

and non-automatic import licensing are managed through

the Foreign Trade Integrated System (SISCOMEX). All

import licenses must be required through Portal Siscomex.

The administrative procedures are electronic-based, so as

to make the process more efficient and faster


http://www.mdic.gov.br/comercio-exterior/importacao/tratamento-administrativo-de-importacao



http://www.portalsiscomex.gov.br/




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Honduras All

countries

LIC 12/08/2016 Import permits are required to ensure that plants, plant

products and by-products, and products and inputs for

agricultural use have been inspected via the proper

procedures and do not constitute a potential risk as carriers of pests or diseases

Cotton and cotton products G/LIC/N/3/HND/10

Brazil All

countries

TBT 27/07/2016 1/03/2017 Technical regulation establishing the quality requirements,

sampling presentation, marking, labelling aspects relating

to the cotton classification

HS: Chapter 52 - Cotton G/TBT/N/BRA/683

Kazakhstan All

countries

that are

parties to

the Basel Convention

LIC 29/06/2016 The Republic of Kazakhstan manages its obligations for

hazardous waste controlled by the Basel Convention for

the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous

Waste and their Disposal (Basel Convention) through the

Common List of Goods that are Subject to Non-tariff Measures in Trade with Third Countries (Decision of the

Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 30

"On Measures of Non-tariff Regulation" of 21 April 2015,

Annex 2.3)

Ex 5202 10 000 0 - Wastes in the form

of spinning down

G/LIC/N/3/KAZ/1

& Corr.1

Malaysia All

countries,

with the

exception

of

countries in the

American

Tropics

and

countries

endemic to

disease of

plants of

the palmae family

LIC 18/02/2016 The Plant Quarantine Act 1976 amends and consolidates

the laws relating to the control, prevention and eradication

of agricultural pests, noxious plants and plant disease and

to extend co-operation in the control of the movement of

pests in international trade for matters connected

therewith. The Plant Quarantine Regulations 1981 were made pursuant to Section 23 of the Plant Quarantine Act

1976. It stipulates the requirement which must be met for

the entry of plants, growing media, organic fertilizers, soil,

living or dead organisms including micro-organism and

any hosts of plant pest and/or carrier of plant pests into

Malaysia, and at the same time for the prevention of entry

of pests of quarantine importance into the country

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) G/LIC/N/3/MYS/11

China All

Members

TBT 28/10/2015 National Standard of the P.R.C., Conventional Moisture

Regains of Textiles

Textile materials (HS:

50010010-50079090,

51011100-51130000,

52010000-52122500,

53011000-53110090,

54011010-54083400,

55011000-55169400,

56011000-56090000,

58011000-58110090, 59011010-59119000,

60011000-60069000,

61012000-61179000,

62011100-62179000)

G/TBT/N/CHN/1151

G/TBT/N/CHN/1151/Suppl.1

Pakistan India AD 20/08/2015 Anti-dumping Cotton yarn 55.5 and above G/ADP/N/280/PAK

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SPS 23/06/2015 Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient Q05.2

QUIZALOFOP-P-TEFURYL of the monograph list of active


and wood preservers, published by Resolution - RE no. 165 of 29 August 2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU


Post-emergency application in cultures of

cotton (0.1mg/kg safety security period

of 30 days) (…)

G/SPS/N/BRA/1048

Brazil All

Members

SPS 23/06/2015 Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient I18

ISOXAFLUTOLE of the monograph list of active ingredients



29 August 2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU Diário

Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003



of 97 days) (…)

G/SPS/N/BRA/1049

Peru United States

SPS 22/06/2015 The draft phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Peru of cotton gin waste (linters)

originating in and coming from the United States are being

submitted for public consultation following the completion

of the relevant technical report

HS tariff subheading 5202.99.00.00: Cotton (Gossypium spp.) gin waste

(linters)

G/SPS/N/PER/613

Brazil All

Members

SPS 22/05/2015 Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient G05

GLUFOSINATE of the monograph list of active ingredients



29 August 2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU Diário

Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003


(…) cotton (0.5mg/kg safety security

period of 28 days), cotton (0.5mg/kg

safety security period to the culture of

genetically modified cotton, which

express resistance to glufosinate, is of 116 days, when the pesticide is applied

in post-emergency of the culture and of

the weeds), (…) Desiccant application in

cultures of cotton (0.5mg/kg safety

security period of 28 days), (…)

G/SPS/N/BRA/1044

Brazil All

Members

SPS 12/05/2015 Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient C32

CLETHODIM of the monograph list of active ingredients for

pesticides, household cleaning products and wood

preservers, published by Resolution - RE no. 165 of 29 August 2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU Diário

Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003.

Inclusion of cultures of sunflower (0.05mg/kg safety

security period of 53 days), apple and grape (0.05mg/kg

safety security period of 23 days), inclusion of cultures of

sweet potato, yacon potato, beet, yams, ginger, cocoyam,

arracacha, turnip and radish (0.5mg/kg safety security

period of 180 days); and inclusion of cultures of eggplant,

scarlet eggplant, pepper, green pepper and okra

(0.5mg/kg safety security period of 20 days), all in post-emergency application



of 50 days), (…)

G/SPS/N/BRA/1031

China All

Members

QR 8/04/2015 31/12/2014 Export quota, licensing and state trading administration Cotton (ex5201, ex5203) G/MA/QR/N/CHN/3

United

States

All

Members

SPS 13/03/2015 20/02/2015 This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of

dimethenamid in or on cottonseed subgroup 20C and

cotton, gin by-products

Cotton, gin byproducts; Cottonseed

subgroup 20C

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TBT 5/02/2015 Draft technical regulation setting up official standard

classification, quality, marking and labelling requirements,

sampling procedures, method of presentation etc. related

to the product (cotton) classification. It revises the Ordinance No. 63, 5 December 2002 (Instrução Normativa

SDA/MAPA/No. 63 de 5 de Dezembro de 2002), notified

under the document G/TBT/N/BRA/78, 21 January 2003

HS: Chapter 52 – Cotton G/TBT/N/BRA/78/Rev.1

China All

Members

LIC 22/01/2015 Import tariff-rate quotas (…) Cotton (…) G/LIC/N/3/CHN/13

Brazil Sudan SPS 7/01/2015 18/12/2014 The notified document approves the phytosanitary

requirements for the importation of threshed cotton fibre

(Gossypium hirsutum) (Category 2, Class 10) produced in

Sudan, in accordance with the results of a pest risk analysis

Threshed cotton fibre (Gossypium

hirsutum) (Category 2, Class 10)

G/SPS/N/BRA/1011

Malaysia All

Members

LIC 6/11/2014 1/01/2015 The Plant Quarantine Regulations 1981 were made

pursuant to Section 23 of the Plant Quarantine Act 1976.

It stipulates the requirement which must be met for the

entry of plants, growing media, organic fertilizers, soil,

living or dead organisms including micro-organism and

any hosts of plant pest and/or carrier of plant pests into

Malaysia, and at the same time for the prevention of entry

of pests of quarantine importance into the country.

Under the Plant Quarantine Regulations 1981, an import permit is imposed for the importation of the following (…)

- Importation of all commodities as listed below for

processing or consumption from All Countries except from

countries endemic to South American Leaf Blight,

countries endemic to disease of plants of Palmae and

countries endemic from Khapra Beetle (Trogoderma

granarium) commencing 1 January 2015, (…) Cotton

(Gossypium hirsutum) (…)

(…) Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) (…) G/LIC/N/3/MYS/10

Turkey United States

AD 18/10/2014 17/04/2016 Definitive duty of 3% Cotton; 5201 G/ADP/N/286/TUR

Brazil All

Members

SPS 13/10/2014 Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient F23

FLUAZIFOP-P of the monograph list of active ingredients


preservers, published by Resolution - RE no. 165

of 29 August 2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU Diário

Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003 (…)


lettuce (0.05mg/kg, safety security

period of 28 days), cotton (0.04mg/kg,

safety security period of 60 days) (…)

G/SPS/N/BRA/989

Brazil All

Members

SPS 13/10/2014 Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient

G05 - GLUFOSINATE of the monograph list of active

ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning products and wood preservers, published by Resolution - RE

no. 165 of 29 August 2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU

Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003 (…)


(…) cotton (0.5mg/kg, safety security

period of 28 days), cotton (0.5mg/kg, the safety security period to the culture

of the genetically modified cotton, which

manifests resistance to the glufosinate,

is of 116 days, when the pesticide is

applied in post-emergency of culture and

weeds) (…) Desiccant application in

cultures of cotton (0.5mg/kg, safety

security period of 28 days) (…)

G/SPS/N/BRA/986

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G01 - GLYPHOSATE of the monograph list of active





cotton (3.0mg/kg, safety security period

to the culture of cotton is not determined

when the pesticide is applied in post-emergency of the weeds and

pre-emergency of the culture. The safety

security period to the cultures of

genetically modified cotton, which

express resistance to the glyphosate, is

of 130 days, when the pesticide is

applied in post-emergency of the weeds

and of the culture) (…)

G/SPS/N/BRA/981

Brazil All Members

SPS 10/10/2014 Draft resolution regarding the active ingredient P01 - PARAQUAT of the monograph list of active





Post-emergency application in cultures of (…) cotton (0.2mg/kg, safety security

period of 7 days) (…) Desiccant

application in cultures of cotton

(0.2mg/kg, safety security period of

7 days) (…)

G/SPS/N/BRA/980

Brazil All

Members


F42 - FLUROXYPYR of the monograph list of active



no. 165 of 29 August 2003, Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003 (…)



not determined due to the mode of use)

(…)

G/SPS/N/BRA/973

United

States

All

Members

LIC 3/10/2014 Import permits are required for the importation of most

plants and some plant products, to protect against the

introduction of pests and diseases. Permits are also

required for the import, export or re-export of terrestrial

plants that are on the endangered species list

Cotton and cotton covers G/LIC/N/3/USA/11

United

States

All

Members

SPS 7/08/2014 Amitraz, Carfentrazone-ethyl, Ethephon, Malathion,

Mancozeb, et al.; Proposed Tolerance Actions EPA is

proposing to revoke certain tolerances for the fungicides spiroxamine and triflumizole, the herbicides

carfentrazone-ethyl and quizalofop ethyl; the insecticides

amitraz, oxamyl, propetamphos, and spinosad; and the

plant growth regulators ethephon and mepiquat. In

addition, EPA is proposing to revoke the tolerance on rice

straw for multiple active ingredients. Also, EPA is

proposing to modify certain tolerances for the fungicides

mancozeb, thiram, and triflumizole; and the insecticide

malathion. In addition, EPA is proposing to establish new

tolerances for the fungicide mancozeb. Also, in accordance with current Agency practice, EPA is proposing to make

minor revisions to the tolerance expression for malathion,

mepiquat, and thiram

(…); Cotton, gin by-products; Cotton,

undelinted seed; (…)

G/SPS/N/USA/2688

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S-METOLACHLOR of the monograph list of active




Pre-emergency application in cultures of


not determined due to the mode of use)

(…)

G/SPS/N/BRA/966

Brazil All

Members


CARFENTRAZONE-ETHYL of the monograph list of active







of 8 days) (…)

G/SPS/N/BRA/965

Mexico All Members

SPS 12/06/2014

Proyecto de Modificación a la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-026-FITO-1995, Por la que se establece el control de

plagas del algodonero (Draft Amendment to Mexican

Official Standard NOM-026-FITO-1995: Establishing cotton

plant pest controls) The notified Standard establishes the

mandatory regulations to control and prevent the spread

of pest populations: pink bollworm (Pectinophora

gossypiella Saunders) and cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus

grandis Boheman), which affect cotton, okra and kenaf

crops; in addition to phytosanitary measures in order to

prevent the spread of such pests to pest-free areas. (…)

Pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders) and cotton boll weevil

(Anthonomus grandis Boheman), which

affect cotton, okra and kenaf crops

G/SPS/N/MEX/260

Malaysia All

Members

SPS 10/03/2014 1/07/2014 New Import Requirements for Importation of Plants, Plant

Products and Regulated Articles into Malaysia 2014

Malaysia proposes to revise and implement new import

requirements of plants, plant products and regulated

articles into Malaysia following the gazette of Malaysian

Quarantine and Inspection Services Act 2011. This Act

requires that the importation of any plant into Malaysia

shall require an import license. The commodities would

also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with additional declarations stating that appropriate

treatment/measures have been applied prior to

importation

Processed and dried for consumption soy

bean (Glycine max), corn/maize grain

(Zea mays), dried for consumption cocoa

bean (Theobroma cacao), processed and

dried for consumption coffee beans

(Coffea Arabica, Robusta coffee, Coffea

liberica), fresh/dried leaves tobacco

(Nicotiana tabacum), fresh/raw dried

cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) (…)

G/SPS/N/MYS/27

Canada All

Members

SPS 21/11/2013 Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Chlorantraniliprole

(PMRL2013-106). The objective of the notified document

PMRL2013-106 is to consult on the listed domestic and

import maximum residue limits (MRLs) for

chlorantraniliprole that have been proposed by the Health

Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).

MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity

(…)

0.3 Root and tuber vegetables (Crop Group 1)b, Cotton

(Crop Subgroup 20C)c

(…) c The currently established MRL of 0.3 ppm for undelinted

cottonseed will be extended to Crop Subgroup 20C.

Pesticide chlorantraniliprole in or on

various food commodities (ICS Codes:

65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080,

67.100, 67.120, 67.200)

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commodity included in the listed crop groupings in

accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups

webpage http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-

spc/pest/part/protect-proteger/food-nourriture/rccg-gcpcr-eng.php in the Pesticides and Pest Management

section of Health Canada's website

Mexico Peru SPS 21/10/2013

Pursuant to the Decision establishing the module

of phytosanitary requirements for the importation of goods

regulated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural

Development, Fisheries and Food, in relation to plant

health (Acuerdo por el que se establece el módulo de

requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de mercancías

reguladas por la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería,

Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, en materia de sanidad vegetal), published in the Mexican Official Journal

on 7 February 2012, the phytosanitary requirements for

the importation into Mexico of uncarded or uncombed

cotton fibre (Gossypium barbadense) for processing,

originating in and coming from Peru, established following

the pest risk analysis or risk assessment, have been

submitted for public comment

Cotton fibre (Gossypium barbadense),

not carded or combed, for processing

G/SPS/N/MEX/241

G/SPS/N/MEX/241/Add.1

Brazil All

Members

SPS 12/07/2013

Draft Resolution no. 25 of 2 July 2013 Draft Resolution

regarding the active ingredient Diflubenzuron to be included in the monograph list of active ingredients of

pesticides, household cleaning products and wood

preservers, including the use in the cultures of cotton

(0.2mg/kg; safety period of 28 days), rice (0.1mg/kg;

safety period of 70 days), citrus (0.2mg/kg; safety period

of 30 days), corn (0.2mg/kg; safety period of 60 days),

soybean (0.2mg/kg; safety period of 21 days), tomato

(0.5mg/kg; safety period of 4 days) and wheat

(0.5mg/kg; safety period of 30 days)

Active ingredient Diflubenzuron on

cotton, rice, citrus, corn, soybean, tomato and wheat

G/SPS/N/BRA/883

United States

All Members

SPS 11/04/2013 27/03/2013 Abamectin; Pesticide Tolerances This regulation raises tolerances for residues of abamectin (also known as

avermectin B1 a mixture of avermectins containing

greater than or equal to 80% avermectin B1a

(5-O-demethyl avermectin A1) and less than or equal to

20% avermectin delta-8,9-isomer) in or on cotton and

strawberries

Cotton and strawberries G/SPS/N/USA/2530

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States

All

Members

SPS 5/03/2013 27/02/2013 Pyraflufen-ethyl; Pesticide Tolerances This regulation

establishes tolerances for residues of pyraflufen-ethyl in or

on multiple commodities which are identified and discussed later in this document. Nichino America, Inc.

requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug,

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)

Almond, hulls; Cattle, fat; Cattle, meat;

Cattle, meat by-products; Corn, field,

forage; Corn, field, grain; Corn, field, stover; Cotton, gin by-products; Cotton,

undelinted seed; (…)

G/SPS/N/USA/2523

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SPS 29/10/2012

Draft Resolution no. 58 of 4 October 2012 Draft Resolution

for the active ingredient Pymetrozine to be included in the

monograph list of active ingredients of pesticides,

household sanitizing products and wood preservers, including the use in the cultures of lettuce (MRL of 0.1

mg/kg and safety period of 7 days), cotton (MRL of 0.1

mg/kg and safety period of 7 days) (…)

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for the active ingredient Zeta-Cypermethrin to be included

in the monograph list of active ingredients of pesticides,

household sanitizing products and wood preservers,

including the use in the cultures of cotton (MRL of

0.05 mg/kg and safety period of 15 days) (…)

Active ingredient

Z60 - Zeta-Cypermethrin

G/SPS/N/BRA/841

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SPS 29/10/2012


for the active ingredient Flumioxazin to be included in the

monograph list of active ingredients of pesticides,

household sanitizing products and wood preservers,

including the use in the cultures of cotton (MRL of 0.05

mg/kg and safety period of 100 days)(…)

Active ingredient F46 - Flumioxazin G/SPS/N/BRA/845

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Members

SPS 8/10/2012 28/09/2012 Sulfoxaflor; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency

Exemptions This regulation establishes time-limited

tolerances for residues of sulfoxaflor, N-methyloxido

[1-[6-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinyl]ethyl] [lambda]\4\-sulfanylidene] cyanamide, including its

metabolites and degradates in or on cotton, undelinted

seed; cotton, gin by-products; and cotton, hulls

Cotton G/SPS/N/USA/2476

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SPS 10/09/2012 15/08/2012 Flutriafol; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions

This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for

residues of flutriafol in or on cotton, undelinted seed;

cotton, meal; cotton, refined oil; and cotton gin

by-products. This action is in response to EPA's granting of

an emergency exemption under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

authorizing use of the pesticide on cotton. This regulation

establishes a maximum permissible level for residues of

flutriafol in or on cotton commodities. The time-limited

tolerances expire on 31 December 2014


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TBT 23/07/2012

Administrative Measures on Inspection and Supervision of

Imported Cotton (9 pages, in Chinese). These Measures

specify the administrative measures of inspection and

supervision on the quality of imported cotton

Imported cotton HS 5201000010,

5201000090

G/TBT/N/CHN/925

Peru India SPS 19/07/2012 19/10/2011 Resolución Directoral No. 34-2011-AG-SENASA-DSV (Directorial Resolution No. 34-2011-AG-SENASA-DSV).

The notified Directorial Resolution lifts the phytosanitary

measures suspending the issue of phytosanitary import

permits for cotton (Gossypium spp.) fibre, not carded or

combed, originating in and coming from India

HS tariff subheadings 5201.00.90.00, 5201.00.30.00, 5201.00.20.00 and

5201.00.10.00: Cotton fibre, not carded

or combed

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Peru India SPS 19/07/2012 17/05/2012 Resolución Directoral No. 0012-2012-AG-SENASA-DSV

(Directorial Resolution No. 0012-2012-AG-SENASA-DSV).

The notified Directorial Resolution establishes the

mandatory phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Peru of cotton comber waste from India

HS tariff subheading 5202.99.00.00:

Cotton comber waste

G/SPS/N/PER/428

China All

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TBT 18/07/2012

National Standard of the P.R.C., Cotton Part 1: Saw

Ginned Upland Cotton (23 pages in Chinese). This

standard specifies the quality requirements, classification

criterions, test methods, inspection rules, inspection

certificates, packages and marks, storage and

transportation requirements etc. for saw ginned upland

cotton.

This standard applies to saw ginned upland cotton produced, purchased, processed, traded, stored and used

in China

Cotton-upland cotton ICS: 59.060.10 G/TBT/N/CHN/921

China All

Members

TBT 18/07/2012

National Standard of the P.R.C., Cotton Part 2: Roller

Ginned Upland Cotton (18 pages in Chinese). This

standard specifies the quality requirements, classification

criterions, test methods, inspection rules, inspection

certificates, packages and marks, storage and

transportation requirements etc. for roller ginned upland

cotton.This standard applies to roller ginned upland cotton

produced, purchased, processed, traded, stored and used in China

Cotton-upland cotton ICS: 59.060.10 G/TBT/N/CHN/922

Brazil All

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SPS 15/06/2012 6/08/2012 Draft Resolution on Azadirachtin This draft sanitary

regulation modifies Resolution RE no. 165,

29 August 2003, by including in it the use of azadirachtin

in the cultures of cotton, corn, soy and grape (Leaf

application, LMR and safety period without restrictions)

Azadirachtin G/SPS/N/BRA/814

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States

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Members

SPS 11/06/2012

Aldicarb; Cancellation Order for Amendments To

Terminate Uses This notice announces EPA's order for the

amendment to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of products

containing aldicarb, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

(FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows an

7 October 2010 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of

Request from the registrant, Bayer CropScience to

voluntarily amend to terminate uses of the product,

TEMIK[supreg] Brand 15G, containing aldicarb on citrus

and potatoes effective immediately. The registrant also

requested that EPA amend to terminate the remaining pesticide uses of this product on cotton, dry beans,

peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, and sweet potatoes,

effective as of 31 December 2014. These are not the last

products containing aldicarb registered for use in the

United States. (…)

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SPS 8/06/2012 14/05/2012 Penflufen; Pesticide Tolerances Tolerances are established

for residues of the fungicide penflufen, including its

metabolites and degradates, in or on the following

commodities listed in the table. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in the table is to be determined

by measuring only penflufen

N-[2-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)phenyl]-5-fluoro-1,3-dimethyl-1

H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, in or on the following

commodities.

Commodity Parts per

million

Alfalfa, forage 0.01

Alfalfa, hay 0.01 Cotton, gin by-products 0.01

(…)

Multiple commodities G/SPS/N/USA/2382

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SPS 8/06/2012 14/05/2012 Fluxapyroxad; Pesticide Tolerances Tolerances are

established for residues of the fungicide fluxapyroxad,

including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the

commodities listed in the table below. Compliance with the

tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by

measuring only fluxapyroxad,

3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-(3',4',5'-trifluoro[1,1'-biph

enyl]-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide in or on the commodity.

Commodity Parts per million

Apple, wet pomace 2.0

Beet, sugar 0.1

Beet, sugar, dried pulp 0.1

Beet, sugar, tops 7.0

Cattle, fat 0.05

Cattle, meat 0.01

Cattle, meat by-products 0.03 Corn, field, grain 0.01

Corn, oil 0.03

Corn, pop, grain 0.01

Corn, sweet, kernels plus cobs with husks removed 0.15

Cotton, gin by-products 0.01

Cotton, undelinted seed 0.01

(…)

Multiple commodities G/SPS/N/USA/2383

Peru United

States

CV 2/06/2012

Countervailing Cotton G/SCM/N/242/PER

G/SCM/N/250/PER

United States

All Members

SPS 10/05/2012 2/03/2012 Thiamethoxam; Pesticide Tolerances This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of thiamethoxam in or

on multiple commodities. (a) General. Tolerances are

established for residues of the insecticide thiamethoxam,

including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the

following commodities. Compliance with the tolerance

levels specified below is to be determined by measuring

only thiamethoxam

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3-[(2-chloro-5-thiazolyl)methyl]tetrahydro-5-methyl-N-nit

ro-4H-1,3,5-oxadiazin-4-imine and its metabolite

CGA-322704

N-[(2-chloro-thiazol-5-yl)methyl]-N'-methyl-N''-nitro-guan

idine, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of thiamethoxam, in or on the following commodities:

Commodity Parts per

million

(…)

Cotton, gin by-products 1.5

Cotton, undelinted seed 0.10

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SPS 2/05/2012 6/08/2012 Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments To Delete

Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations EPA is issuing a

notice of receipt of request for amendments by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations for Buctril

Herbicide (active ingredient Bromoxynil) on BTX cotton


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SPS 18/04/2012 9/03/2012 This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of

penthiopyrad in or on multiple commodities. (a) General.

(1) Tolerances are established for residues of

penthiopyrad, including its etabolites and degradates, in or

on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with

the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by

measuring only penthiopyrad (N-[2-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-3-thienyl]-1-methyl-3-(trifluoro

methyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide)

Commodity Parts per

million

(…)

Cotton, seed 1.5

Cotton, gin by-products 15

(…)

Multiple G/SPS/N/USA/2347

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